Joseph Biden actually said...

I was first elected to the United States Senate when I was 29 years old, 280 years ago. (Laughter.)

He looked at me; he said, 'Can you define America for me?'... I said, 'Yes. In one word: possibilities—possibilities.'

Time and again, our nation and our world found a way forward. But make no mistake: It didn’t happen by accident.

I want to begin by quoting someone who I wish was here tonight: my mom, Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden.