On Being Joe Biden
ndeed, how can it feel to know you’re the least-loved man of your era? That no one who knows what you’re really about, at home or abroad, admires you or respects you or wants to be like you? That when you hobnob with foreign leaders, not one wants to stand next to you or hear your silly boasts or seek out your advice or win your approval or secure your friendship or even just pass the time?