Honestly Russ, you are able to put up enough pros for your hero, and more than I know; anyway here are some ....

1. Joe’s father struggled to find a steady job after a series of business setbacks, so there was a lack of money ( or he didn’t come with a pocket full of money). I think his father got a job as a use car saleman.
2. He stuttered as a child a confidence kick in the guts. Got picked on ( who hasn't been?).
3. When he first met Neilia’s mother, (future mother –in- law), she asked what he wanted to do for a living. Biden informed her he intended to become president of the United States.
4. In 1972, at 29, he defeated incumbent Republican Senator Cale Boggs, becoming the fifth-youngest person ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
5. In November, Biden, now 77, would be the oldest president ever inaugurated.
6. In 1974, he told a reporter that “when it comes to issues like abortion ... I’m about as liberal as your grandmother. I don’t like the [Roe v. Wade] decision on abortion. I think it went too far. I don’t think that a woman has the sole right to say what should happen to her body.” In 1981, he voted for a constitutional amendment that would let states overturn Roe v. Wade. He has since reversed his position....... Not so good in my book ( opinion).
7. In the 1970s, Biden opposed court-ordered school busing as a method of desegregating public schools. He has said that he favored other methods of desegregation, such as in housing, and that he supported voluntary busing.
8. As the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1984, he led efforts to block then-Alabama U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions from a federal judgeship over racism allegations. Sessions denied the accusations.
9. In February 1988, after complaining about headaches for several weeks, Biden underwent surgery for a brain aneurysm. Three months later, he had surgery for a second brain aneurysm.


I do believe in showing both sides of the story, but there are parts that never come to light ( both good and bad). Anyway, all eyes are on USA for many reasons. We who live in OZ look up to you guys for lots of achievments but are wondering what is going on with the imploding of "the state of the Union". Especially over the last 4 plus years. All we have heard is the cry for blood from the Democractic party and nothing of value being put up or past for the people. If Trump term is over then they should just ignore him, as that would do the most damage to his ego, in my opinion.



Allan