Just curious - how many DUers can say they actually met Joe Biden?

[rurallib]

He's been around for a long time, ran for national office 4 times(?) and would always campaign for other Dem candidates.

Did you meet him? Do you have a story to tell?

I live in Iowa, so I have be gifted with the caucuses. I am not here to argue about the caucuses, bu they have given me the opportunity to shake lots of aspiring candidate hands. Friends in a nearby town owned a B&B. Biden would always make a stop when he was in the area.

Thanks to that I was able to meet Biden 3 times as I recall.

[ZZenith]

1. I imagine Brooklynite's had him over to the house a bunch of times.

Probably plays racquetball with him every Thursday.

[JDC]

10. Lol. I think you are right.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I have.

Briefly greeted him as I passed him backstage at the 2006 Florida Jefferson Jackson Dinner when he was a senator and was giving the keynote address. Gave me a huge and genuine smile in the two seconds we interacted.

[Frustratedlady]

3. I not only met him, I got two kisses on my forehead from him. I also met Beau, Hunter, two

grandchildren and his sister. What a wonderful group of people. Very polite and friendly.

The soon-to-be Potus and VP will do a great job and make us proud.

[northlake9]

4. On AMTRAK

Met him on an AMTRAK in 1995. “Hi, I’m Joe Biden.”

[rurallib]

6. that would be cool - on the train that was part of his life

[CanonRay]

5. I met him in the courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire in 2007.

He had just registered for the New Hampshire primary and was going around the building shaking hands! I was there doing genealogical research. First President I've actually met.

[rurallib]

8. Bet you sort of felt like you knew him, didn't you?

[CanonRay]

12. Yes, he was basically by himself, I think there was one guy out in the hall.

But we got to chat for a few minutes. Very amiable guy.

[Walleye]

7. I was a staff photographer for the Wilmington paper so I met him many times.

We had a small staff, and I covered him and Beau for years. Beau was a prince of a guy. And like almost everyone in Delaware I have a personal Joe Biden story. I was injured covering a parade once, nothing too much, but I needed stitches. he took care of me, sent his White House physician over, it was while he was Vice President. later he called me at the hospital while I was being stitched up and eventually autographed a photo that I sent him with a nice inscription and sent it back. He was always a great subject to cover. I’ve seen him in many different situation. He’s the real deal

[rurallib]

9. Wow

[Walleye]

24. Also I live in Greenville so just a couple miles from the Biden home. I've seen around the neighborh

He was sitting outside at a coffee shop talking to Jill just before he announced for president. He wasn’t schmoozing like he usually does, and he looked very serious. I told everybody after that that he was going to run.

[Tanuki]

21. Thanks for sharing!

[Hortensis]

11. None. I don't get around a lot. One degree of separation

that I know of with 4 people who do a lot more, one who at one time saw him fairly often for a while. But I realized a long time ago that that person chats a lot without saying much. Professional discretion is really boring.

[Croney]

13. I had a chance. At a small event in Boston, I heard him speak and I tried to get close to him, but

there were a few too many other fans between us.

[Wicked Blue]

14. Met him once, in the mid-1970s

He was invited to address a local Democratic organization. I can't recall whether I was covering it as a reporter, or if I went for the heck of it.

Boy, was he HOT back then.

[Grins]

15. Nantucket, Thanksgiving 2005.

At a breakfast restaurant. Sat right next to him. He was there with 3 or 4 small children. Assume his grandkids. He was real busy with them so I didn’t bother him.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

16. No, but I once shook hands with Paul Newman

at the Indianapolis Speedway. Nice fellow. That's my only brush with celebrities or politicians, and I like to name drop when I can. I too don't get out much.

[Demsrule86]

25. I met Newman at a classic auto race in Connecticut I think ...he was older but still very handsome

and nice.

[redstatebluegirl]

17. I have, when he was a Senator.

When he talks to you, even for a moment, you felt like he really saw you and talked to you. I talked to him about cancer research, why it was so important to my family, losing my mom at 19 years of age. He is truly amazing, may the Secret Service protect this special human.

[rurallib]

20. he really cares!

[RealityCheque]

18. I live in Delaware

And have met Joe and Jill

[rurallib]

23. Just a neighbor? How cool!

I met with Gov. Bullock's top staffer when he ran last year. He lived across the street from "Steve". He had lived across the street from Steve most of his life.

What a cool relationship to have such a neighbor.

[Demsrule86]

19. I meet Joe Biden a number of times in Ohio in 08 and 12...when he came...

He is a wonderful man and really helped my middle daughter who has anxiety. She was having an episode this was in 08 when Clinton and Biden came instead of Obama who was in Jersey because of Sandy...she started having a meltdown and would have been tossed if he had not personally moved her to a VIP seat...the people were kind of penned in with metal fencing in an old factory which was pretty crowded. I was working the venue. That was not the only time...I talked to him on the phone a couple of times too... I adore him. The kindness and decency just flows off of him. He spoke with my daughter with such kindness and understanding that honestly, it made her feel as if she could beat this and she did.

[wishstar]

22. I met him in overflow room at UNC Asheville campaigning for Obama/Biden

A small group of us toward end of line who weren't able to enter the full auditorium for his speech were instead ushered into another nearby small room not knowing what would happen.

Before the big event started, Joe entered our room where many of us were able to stand around him taking pictures just a couple of feet away and greet him. He apologized for the auditorium already being full and after just a few remarks told us to go outside and enjoy the beautiful day, which I did as I took a long walk along nearby creek close to the University thinking about his warm kindness (and of course his blue eyes in contrast with his crisp white shirt and blue jacket.)

[Raftergirl]

26. Not me, but my 91 year old mom did

in 2012. She was an Obama volunteer in Florida in 2008 and 2012. She has a lovely picture of her and Joe which I’d post this board wasn’t so backward.

She volunteered in 2020 too and was at the opening of Joes office in south Florida late last February. Got a picture with John Kerry who had the honor of opening Joes first office in the state. She was going to see Jill Biden two weeks later but that was when everything got shut down because of CV19.

She also got a kiss from Obama at his speech after his last debate in 2012. She was put in the front row, right behind the rope line. The picture was on the front page of the Sun Sentinel.

[Turin_C3PO]

27. Shook his hand at a rally in 2008.

His hands were freezing! Lol.

[LeftInTX]

28. I almost got a selfie with him: December 2019

But there was too much of a crowd and he had to leave. I actually was not too far away from him, but he got kinda swarmed after his speaking engagement and I'm short. I was about 3 feet away from him, but then he had to leave.

[we can do it]

29. I met him and Jill at Starbucks here in Rehoboth Beach.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[ecstatic]

30. Never, but it feels like it. He speaks right to our hearts from the TV. nt