Yeah. He had been just elected to the Senate for the first time just the month before. His wife, infant daughter and 2 young sons were shopping for a christmas tree.
I think icy road conditions contributed to the crash. His wife and daughter were killed and his 2 young sons were badly injured.
Joe Biden wasn't going to accept the Senate seat. He had to be talked into it. He took the oath of office at his son's hospital beds.
From that point on, he travelled 4 hours round trip everyday for 38 years from Washington DC to be home with his kids.
I've always liked Joe Biden because he is the true 'straight talk express'. He never minces words.
But I had a great amount more respect for him after I learned of his life.
What so cute about his now so grown sons, is that once they got better, they asked him when were they getting married!
So when he met and dated his second wife, Jill, all 3 proposed to her and they took them on the honeymoon.
Now that's a real person to me.
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Sarah Palin is a fake and a phony. She props her special needs infant up like a damn prop. It's disgusting. She was so damn terrified of going off point that when Senator Biden recalled that tough moment in his life being a single parent and nearly broke down, she started recited stupid talking points as if nothing had happened.
I only feel contempt for people that heartless.:mat::mat:
