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Joe Biden: “The notion that somehow because I'm a man I don't know what it's like to raise two kids alone, I know what it's like to…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2008
The notion that somehow because I'm a man I don't know what it's like to raise two kids alone, 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

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Biden speaks about his experience as a single father and challenges stereotypes regarding gender roles in parenting.

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