For Joe Biden, his appearance at the Democratic Party Convention after his withdrawal from the presidential race is a special moment – and one that evokes some emotions.
US President Joe Biden was emotional during his appearance at the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago. The 81-year-old wiped his eyes when his daughter Ashley greeted him on the convention stage. The 43-year-old spoke about her childhood and her father in an equally emotional speech. She described him as her “best friend” and a “fighter who was underestimated his entire life”. Joe Biden stepped up to the lectern after her and clutched his heart as the audience cheered him. “I love you,” he said to his daughter.
He also declared his love for his wife Jill and said that his heart still beats wildly when she comes down the stairs. Family is everything, he stressed. “Family is the beginning, the middle and the end.” At the end of the evening, Biden’s family came on stage together again, including Biden’s grandson Beau.
Ashley Biden is the daughter from the Democrat’s second marriage to First Lady Jill Biden. As a young man, Joe Biden lost his first wife Neilia and their daughter Naomi in a car accident in 1972. His sons Beau and Hunter survived. However, in 2015, Biden’s son Beau died at the age of 46 from the effects of a brain tumor.
Joe Biden often mentions his son Beau and his pain over his death in speeches. Hunter Biden, on the other hand, has made headlines in the past with alcohol addiction, drug addiction, and shady business dealings – and most recently with a conviction in a criminal case for violating gun laws. Ashley, on the other hand, is far less in the public spotlight.
Source: Stern
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