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Biden is facing skepticism for a story he has told about a 1960s confrontation at a Wilmington, Delaware pool with a guy named Corn Pop -- partly because of the name Corn Pop.
Here's an obituary for Wilmington's William L. "CornPop" Morris, who died at 73 in 2016. (Thread)
Here's an obituary for Wilmington's William L. "CornPop" Morris, who died at 73 in 2016. (Thread)
Former Wilmington mayor Dennis Williams tells me this is the CornPop of the Biden incident. He says he grew up across the courtyard from CornPop in a housing project. He says CornPop, "real as the moon in the sky," was confrontational as a young man.
Some of the skepticism has been about the name of the gang or crew Biden said CornPop ran with, the Romans. Here's an article from Delaware's News Journal in which a local historian says there was a Wilmington gang called the Romans in the 1960s.
Former Wilmington mayor Dennis Williams says he heard about Biden's confrontation with CornPop the day after it occurred. Here's a 2010 article in The Root about how others in Delaware's black community have also told that story. theroot.com/joe-bidens-bla…
In conclusion: I can't yet confirm the details of an alleged incident at a Delaware pool in the 1960s, but if you're skeptical because of the "CornPop" or the "Romans," that's a real guy and a real group, and Biden isn't the only one who recalls a Biden-CornPop confrontation.
Yes, this is also worth noting.
