Joe Biden

This portrait of Joe Biden focuses on some of the most momentous episodes of the president's long political career: from his long tenure as a senator, to his eight years as Obama's vice president, his stay in the political desert after being pushed aside by Hillary Clinton in 2016, her decision to take on Donald Trump, and her election of Senator Kamala Harris as the vice presidential candidate. Evan Osnos has conducted extensive interviews with Joe Biden and had insightful conversations with over a hundred people, including Barack Obama, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, as well as various activists, advisers, opponents and family members. Biden. An examination of the challenges that the new president will face from the White House and an assessment of how political circumstances and changes in Biden's thinking have altered his position. In this nuanced profile of the new president of the United States, his weaknesses stand out, as well as his determination and courage in the face of the tragedy.