“Good Ol’ Joe” was always best among ordinary people. Because Biden listens, comforts, hugs. A personal memory.
It was at a campaign event at a school in Iowa four years ago. Joe Biden gave one of those speeches that should have disqualified him from the presidency. He digressed. He lost the thread. At some point he ended up talking about his son Beau, who died in 2015, and his battle with cancer, and he admonished himself: “Now I’m going too far again. Anyway …”
“Anyway…” Biden often said. It was the signal: Old man, find your way back on track.
