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Joe Biden: “I had a son who was in jeopardy of ' of being drafted to go to Vietnam. I was ' I was informed that I was under…”

On the recordJune 5, 2019
I had a son who was in jeopardy of ' of being drafted to go to Vietnam. I was ' I was informed that I was under investigation. And as a result, I was not drafted.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Remarks made by Biden in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America."

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