The 46th President: How Tragedy And Resilience Prepared Joe Biden To Meet A Moment
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🗓️ 19 January 2021
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New Yorker writer Evan Osnos has written a book about that journey called Joe Biden: The Life, The Run, And What Matters Now. He explains how Biden's deep "acquaintance with suffering" prepared him to meet the country at a moment of grief and loss.
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| 0:00.0 | In 1972, Joe Biden got a job he would have for the next 36 years. |
| 0:06.6 | In Delaware, Joseph Biden, 29-year-old challenger of Senator Caleb Boggs. |
| 0:13.0 | Biden was a young lawyer in Wilmington, challenging Republican Caleb Boggs, a former governor |
| 0:18.0 | running for his third term as Senator. |
| 0:21.0 | Biden's political resume was, let's say, thin. |
| 0:24.8 | Joseph Biden, 29-year-old, he's had two years as Newcastle County Councilman, and he |
| 0:31.2 | has been a vigorous young challenger. |
| 0:34.0 | Had tip there to Forbes reporter Andrew Solender, he posted these clips to Twitter. |
| 0:38.9 | Now, Biden was so unknown at the time. |
| 0:41.8 | James Biden, a Democratic challenger. |
| 0:44.6 | NBC News got his name wrong. |
| 0:46.5 | Biden, by the way, is the youngest candidate running for the Senate. |
| 0:49.8 | In fact, he is not old enough to enter the Senate. |
| 0:52.2 | He is 29 years old today. |
| 0:54.2 | That part was true, but Biden's 30th birthday, on November 20th, made him old enough to serve |
| 0:59.4 | by the time he took office. |
| 1:09.5 | Biden Senate victory back then was on November 7th. |
| 1:12.7 | 48 years to the day later. |
| 1:15.6 | CNN projects, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is elected, the 46th president. |
| 1:21.0 | The 2020 election was called in his favor. |
| 1:24.0 | And now, after that long, long road, Joe Biden will be the 46th president. |
| 1:29.8 | The Bible tells us, to everything there is a season, a time to build, a time to reap |
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