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After seven Senate terms and three runs for president, Joe Biden has mastered his folksy image. But behind “the Delaware way” are secrets in Joe’s family tree and son Hunter’s foreign deals. National political correspondent Ben Schreckinger tells Playbook’s Ryan Lizza about what he uncovered while investigating his book, “The Bidens: Inside The First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power.”
On the Biden family’s reputation:
“Joe Biden has a reputation as someone with his foot in his mouth who can be clumsy when he speaks, who gets himself in trouble. And I think that obscures how good he’s been and how good the family has been at telling their story … and projecting an image that emphasizes the tragedies that they’ve endured, the resilience — the fact that Joe Biden was left for dead not just politically after 1987, but very nearly died. … So there is a real comeback story and just a very touching story of someone who has endured a couple of very big tragedies in their life that has made Joe Biden relatable to a lot of people and have a very genuine connection with a lot of people. At the same time, that’s a story that has been told over and over again in the context of creating a political mythos, trying to win political power by winning votes.” — Ben Schreckinger
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Article URL : https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/01/the-biden-familys-secrets-514835