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Joe Biden: “I had hoped when I became President, I would not have to do this, again. To lose a child, it was like having a piece of…”

On the recordJune 1, 2022
I had hoped when I became President, I would not have to do this, again. To lose a child, it was like having a piece of your soul ripped away.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Joe Biden expresses the emotional pain of losing a child and the hope that he wouldn't have to address such tragedies as President.

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