“How strange for the president, then, to lay out all of Hunter Biden’s embarrassing failings, and to have Joe Biden’s response be: ‘I’m proud of him.’
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Biden’s life as father has been shaped by loss. His daughter Naomi died as an infant in the car crash that killed his wife. His son Beau died of brain cancer at 46. Beau, the golden boy, easy to love — who “had all the best of me, but with the bugs & flaws engineered out.”.
After Beau’s death, Joe decided not to run for president. Hunter holed up in his apartment and drank vodka. Then, one day, Hunter told the New Yorker, his dad showed up at the door and said: “I need you. What do we have to do?”
Is the goal of fatherhood to shape offspring in your own image, the path you feel worthiest & best, require respect & devotion? Or is it to love your son even in his lowest moments, to redefine expectations, take on load of unconditional parenting, even when it’s a lopsided deal?
After the first debate, several voters cited Biden’s openhearted defense of Hunter as a standout moment in the debate. It spoke to them as parents, who knew the pride and heartache of watching their children suffer and struggle through a challenge.
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