April McCullum Burlington Free Press Published 3:12 PM EST Nov 5, 2018 Former Vice President Joe Biden is returning to Burlington in December. Biden last touched down in the Queen City two years ago, when he ate blueberry pancakes at Penny Cluse Cafe with U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy; Leahy's wife, Marcelle; and then-gubernatorial candidate Sue Minter. The vice president then drove up to the University of Vermont to speak about his work to advance cancer research. Biden's next visit will be Dec. 9 as part of a tour for his memoir, "Promise Me, Dad." The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts announced the booking Monday. October 2016: Veep eats blueberry pancakes at Penny Cluse Cafe in BTV June 2018: Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton top 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in new poll The tour is "a series of conversations that will go beyond the 24-hour news cycle and 140-character arguments to connect friends and neighbors around the topics that matter most," according to … [Read more...] about Former Vice President Joe Biden to speak Dec. 9 in Burlington
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Slideshow: Bill and Hillary Clinton’s political life in photos
John West, of Chicago, carries a cardboard cutout of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton outside a rally, June 14, in Des Moines, Iowa. Seeking an army of volunteers, Clinton is trying to build an organizational edge in Iowa as some of her lesser-known Democratic rivals clamor for attention in the state that tripped up her first presidential campaign. Paula Corbin Jones is flanked by her publicist Susan Carpenter Mcmillan as she talks to reporters upon her arrival in Little Rock, Ark., airport Nov. 11, 1997. Jones was scheduled to give a deposition the next day in her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton. Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of Gov. Bill Clinton, attends a rally for her husband at Hesser Business College in Manchester, New Hampshire on February 17, 1992. The Clintons were campaigning in advance of New Hampshire's “First in the Nation” presidential primary. … [Read more...] about Slideshow: Bill and Hillary Clinton’s political life in photos
Suspected mail bombs sent to Joe Biden and Robert DeNiro raise total to 9
WASHINGTON — Suspicious packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and actor Robert De Niro were intercepted Thursday (Oct. 25), and investigators said they were similar to crude pipe bombs sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and CNN.None of the devices exploded and no one was injured, but the packages, sent to prominent Democrats critical of President Donald Trump, underscored the heightened political tensions and fears two weeks before national midterm elections.Police said the package recovered in Manhattan addressed to De Niro, who dropped an expletive insult at Trump at this year's Tony Awards, was similar to the other pipe bombs recovered this week. De Niro had also apologized to Canadians for the "idiotic behavior of my president."Biden has also criticized Trump, as recently as last week, saying Trump may not "know what he's doing" and coddles dictators.A law enforcement source said the package addressed to Biden was intercepted at a Delaware … [Read more...] about Suspected mail bombs sent to Joe Biden and Robert DeNiro raise total to 9
Joe Biden says he will decide whether he’s running for president by January
Christal Hayes USA TODAY Published 12:31 p.m. UTC Jul 18, 2018 Former vice president Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would decide whether he would run for president by January. While speaking at a forum in Bogota, Colombia, Biden talked about politics, President Donald Trump and the potential for a presidential run in 2020. He told CNN's Juan Carlos López, who was moderating the forum, that while polling data shows he could beat Trump, it might not mean anything. "I know I have to make up my mind and I have to do it by January," Biden said. He said that after the midterm elections in November he would hold an "altar call" and gauge whether a run would be successful, both in terms of financial and overall support. A poll last month showed Biden was the early favorite for the Democratic ticket in 2020, beating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. , and … [Read more...] about Joe Biden says he will decide whether he’s running for president by January
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton top 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in new poll
William Cummings USA TODAY Published 11:52 p.m. UTC Jun 27, 2018 With more than two years to go before the next presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden is the early favorite to represent the Democrats and try to unseat President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, according to a new poll. Biden was the choice of 32 percent of Democrats in a Harvard CAPS/Harris June poll that was obtained by The Hill. The party's 2016 standard bearer, Hillary Clinton, came in second with 18 percent and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was third with 16 percent. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was fourth with 10 percent of the vote. Biden, who would be 77 on Election Day in 2020, has been one of Trump's most vocal critics since the 2016 campaign. On at least two occasions, the former vice president has indicated that he wishes he was back in high school so that he could physically confront the president over his comments about women. (Trump responded … [Read more...] about Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton top 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in new poll