I Know Joe Biden: Valerie Biden Owens

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

“Because he had learned about bullies first hand, he developed a deep sense of compassion and empathy for their targets, along with a lifelong commitment to stopping them.”

My sister Valerie is my best friend. Read her full post here:

I can't post the link for the page at Medium.com that the tweet above links to because DU's software breaks it up. But I hope you will check out what she wrote, using the link on Twitter.

[Ilsa]

1. Here's an excerpt:

But way back, he was once just a little boy with a very bad speech impediment — he stuttered. He couldn’t string more than four words together at a time.

But he never let that stutter define him. He was a scrappy little kid with a healthy dose of gumption. He also had something extra — an intangible element that he learned at the knee of our mother, Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden — confidence.

With her gentle push and steely resolve, she helped him build a foundation, layer by layer, of courage and strength.

Mom told him that the reason he stuttered was because he was so smart he couldn’t get the words out fast enough.

[Siwsan]

2. Wow - he was a beautiful child!

[highplainsdem]

3. Yep. Beautiful family. Here's a recent bio and pic for Valerie Biden Owens:

https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/valerie-biden-owens

[Siwsan]

4. Thanks!

[JI7]

5. he still has that same exact look on his face

[Demsrule86]

6. What a nice family. K&R