Joe Biden Summary and Analysis

Joe Biden, Senator from Delaware, began playing sports as a small boy in Little League. Later Joe played football. Joe was a good athlete, always willing to keep going no matter what. Joe stuttered as a child, and sports helped him build the confidence that his stuttering took from him. Joe's father, an equestrian himself, taught Joe the importance of competition, rather than pressuring him to win. Joe learned from sports about teamwork, about always trying his best, and about never quitting or letting his pride get in his way. Joe took these lessons with him into adulthood, and when faced with the possibility of dying, Joe wanted to be remembered as a husband, father, and athlete, rather than as a Senator.

Joe Biden grew up with a father who had never participated in group sports, so his father...