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Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption Audiobook
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Newly updated, the definitive biography of the forty-seventh Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, which examines the fascinating life of a man who has shaped Washington politics for more than four decades, including his years in the Obama White House.
Raised in the working-class towns of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, and with lackluster grades in school and no particular goals, Joe Biden shocked the nation in 1972 when he became one of the youngest elected senators in U.S. history. Over the course of four decades, he carved a legacy for himself as one of the most respected legislators in the country, and was a close friend and partner to President Barack Obama, who valued his vice president’s vast experience in domestic and foreign affairs.
Yet Biden's political success has been matched by personal tragedy and countless challenges. Within two months of being elected in 1972, Biden lost his wife, Neilia, and his young daughter in a tragic accident—a loss that brought him to the nadir of despair and shook his resolve to stay in politics. He suffered two brain aneurysms and career-threatening gaffes and miscues. In 2015, he lost his eldest son, Beau, to brain cancer. Now, Biden is back in the spotlight as the frontrunner in a crowded Democratic field challenging Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
Based on exhaustive research by one of Washington's most prolific journalists, including numerous exclusive interviews with Biden's confidants and family members, as well as President Obama and the former vice president himself, Joe Biden goes beyond conventional biography to track the forces that have shaped a man who, with his plainspoken style and inspiring life story, has resonated with millions of Americans and whose work has shaped modern American life.
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"Biden's story has elements of tragedy and comedy, farce and triumph. In many ways he's an anachronism. His brand of retail politics doesn't work as well in the twitter-verse. Still, he's an accomplished and extremely savvy politician who showed true leadership in the Senate for many years."
— Don (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Witcover draws on in-depth research and interviews for a portrait of Biden.”
— Booklist
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" Not my favorite read, but not bad either. I found the information about his family to be most interesting; his politics? Not so much. "
— Amy, 11/29/2013 -
" Not my favorite read, but not bad either. I found the information about his family to be most interesting; his politics? Not so much. "
— Amy, 11/29/2013 -
" Should have been a good book, but somehow never rises much above dull. Didn't finish. "
— Harry, 7/31/2013 -
" Should have been a good book, but somehow never rises much above dull. Didn't finish. "
— Harry, 7/31/2013 -
" Biden's story has elements of tragedy and comedy, farce and triumph. In many ways he's an anachronism. His brand of retail politics doesn't work as well in the twitter-verse. Still, he's an accomplished and extremely savvy politician who showed true leadership in the Senate for many years. "
— Don, 10/28/2012 -
" Competent biography that covers the events of Biden's life without any special depth or insight. There are quite a few references to Biden's book Promises to Keep, and that book sounds like it might be the more interesting read. "
— Chris, 9/20/2011 -
" Competent biography that covers the events of Biden's life without any special depth or insight. There are quite a few references to Biden's book Promises to Keep, and that book sounds like it might be the more interesting read. "
— Chris, 9/20/2011 -
" Should have been a good book, but somehow never rises much above dull. Didn't finish. "
— Harry, 12/28/2010 -
" Should have been a good book, but somehow never rises much above dull. Didn't finish. "
— Harry, 12/28/2010
About Jules Witcover
Jules Witcover has been writing from Washington on politics and history since 1954, first for the Newhouse Newspapers, then the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Star, and Baltimore Sun, and his column is syndicated by Tribune Media Company. His twenty books include accounts of the presidential elections from 1976 through 1992 and biographies of Vice Presidents Spiro Agnew and Joe Biden.
About Jason Culp
Jason Culp, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, has been acting since the age of ten, and his credits include a variety of television, theater, and film roles. He is best known for his role as Julian Jerome on General Hospital. In addition to audiobooks and voice-over work in national commercials, he has also narrated documentaries for National Geographic and the History Channel.