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Joe Biden: “I know what it's like to have a child you're not sure is going to make it.”

On the recordOctober 2, 2008
I know what it's like to have a child you're not sure is going to make it.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Biden shares a personal experience related to parenting and loss.

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