From "Amtrak Joe," to "Uncle Joe," to 46th president of the United States. This is the story of Joe Biden.
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00:00Disagreement must not lead to disunion.
00:04And I pledge this to you.
00:06I will be a president for all Americans.
00:09All Americans.
00:11I can remember my mother, sweet lady, looking at me after we left the hospital and saying,
00:40Out of everything terrible that happens to you,
00:44something good will come if you look hard enough for it.
00:50She was right.
01:10I remember to this day how stuttering felt, how dehumanizing, how embarrassing,
01:20how much it put into question, in my own mind as well, my capabilities.
01:39My dad used to say, and I give him my word to this, he'd say,
01:50Joey, remember, a job's about a lot more than a paycheck.
01:54It's about your dignity.
01:56It's about your place in the community.
01:58It's about who you are.
02:09It's about who you are.
02:40I came home after law school to Wilmington, to our county.
02:47It had gone dark.
02:49Dr. King was assassinated.
02:52Wilmington had been in flames.
02:55The National Guard patrolled the streets.
02:59And that turmoil inspired me to become a public defender.
03:15I was in Washington hiring staff.
03:19I got a phone call.
03:21My wife and three children were Christmas shopping.
03:24Tractor trailer broadsided and killed my wife and killed my daughter.
03:29And they weren't sure that my sons would live.
03:54I've made over, they actually calculated this, 8,200 round trips,
03:59over 2,100,000 miles on that trailer.
04:11This is not a referendum on whether or not sexual harassment is a grave offense.
04:18I said from the beginning, this is about whether or not sexual harassment occurred.
04:35I haven't always been right.
04:37It was a big mistake when it was made.
04:39We thought we were told by the experts that crack, you never go back.
04:43It was somehow fundamentally different.
04:45It's not different.
04:47But it's trapped an entire generation.
05:47This is an extraordinary election.
05:55The American people are ready.
05:57I am ready.
05:58Barack is ready.
05:59This is his time.
06:01This is our time.
06:02This is America's time.
06:11My name is Joe Biden and I love ice cream.
06:15You all think I'm kidding, I'm not.
06:17The Taoiseach knows a lot about it.
06:19His mom lived in Long Island for 10 years or so.
06:23God rest her soul.
06:25And although she's, wait, your mom's still, your mom's still alive as your dad passed.
06:31God bless her soul.
06:36I got to get this straight.
06:38I tell you what, man, I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid.
06:45I am even more proud to be standing here doing this from the Major Beau Biden facility.
07:03Ladies and gentlemen, I only have one regret.
07:06He's not here.
07:08Because we should be introducing him as president.
07:14For the loved ones we've all lost.
07:24For the families that we can still save.
07:27Let's make America the country that cures cancer once and for all.
07:30What do you say, Joe?
07:32Joe, for your faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country,
07:46and for your lifetime of service that will endure through the generations,
07:50for the final time as president, I am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honor,
07:57the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
08:09Look, everyone knows who Donald Trump is.
08:12We have to let him know who we are.
08:15We choose hope over fear.
08:18We choose science over fiction.
08:22We choose unity over division.
08:26And guess what?
08:28We choose truth over lies.
09:03This is the most unusual campaign, I think, in modern history.
09:10But I start off with the premise, Mike, that I'm going to follow the doc's orders.
09:17Not just for me, but for the country.
09:19After months of doing nothing other than predicting the virus would disappear,
09:24or maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay,
09:27Trump has simply given up.
10:03You're the worst president America has ever had.
10:05Come on.
10:06Let me just tell you, Joe, I've done more in 47 months.
10:10I've done more than you've done in 47 years.
10:33This is America's day.
10:36This is democracy's day.
10:39A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve.
10:44Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew,
10:48and America has risen to the challenge.