Making the click-through worthwhile: the familiar tale of a Texas man overcoming youthful indiscretions to rise to the top of national politics, Joe Biden is already thinking about a running mate, and a well-known congresswoman tells a tale about her test scores that just doesn’t add up.
A Familiar Story of a Rising Political Star in the Lone Star State
He’s a Texan, the son of a man prominent in state politics and an all-around success in life. The Texan grew up with alternating affection for and intermittent tension with his well-known, accomplished father, with the heavy question of how he would ever emerge from his father’s shadow. He went off to boarding and prep school on the East Coast, then on to the Ivy Leagues. Young adulthood was a surprisingly difficult time for a young man who grew up with so many advantages: too much partying, a sense of prolonged adolescence, hitting rock bottom with run-ins with the law after drinking too much and getting behind the wheel. Years later, people would ask if the family connections spared him the worst possible legal ...
