Where the Light Enters

"When I first went to work for Joe Biden, his chief-of-staff, Ted Kaufman, told me ‘There’s no person in America who’s been unluckier and luckier than Joe Biden.’ What Ted meant was Joe Biden was a kid from Scranton who got himself elected to the Senate at an age too young to even take office. Biden became one of the most effective and accomplished members of the Senate, responsible for major legislation and much more, then went on to become Vice President. “A few weeks after he was elected to the Senate, his wife and infant daughter were killed in a car crash” There’s a lot of good fortune in that. On the other hand, he suffered a string of terrible tragedies. A few weeks after he was elected to the Senate, his wife and infant daughter were killed in a car crash, which also severely injured his two sons. In 1988, he was lucky to survive dual aneurysms. And in 2016, his older son Beau passed away from brain cancer. Anyone who knows Joe Biden would say that meeting Jill Jacobs, several years after his first wife’s death, was among his greatest strokes of luck. She became a mother to his sons and they had a daughter, Ashley. For the past, 40 years, Jill has been his partner in love and loss. Dr. Biden likes to call herself a Philly girl. She’s tough. Anyone who saw the video , from early March, of an election night where she pushed back a protester who was rushing her husband, knows it. Support Five Books Five Books interviews are expensive to produce. If you're enjoying this interview, please support us by donating a small amount . In this book, you see Dr. Biden coping with the loss of their son, Beau, and its impact on the family. Her candor comes through. You get an authentic sense of the woman who I hope will be America’s next First Lady."