He was 11 when they moved out of there. His dad worked in the oil industry, as did his grandfather, before becoming an executive of a company that made a waterproof sealant used on U.S. merchant marine ships. Later, his dad moved his family to the Wilmington suburb of Mayfield, and worked for 15 years in real estate sales in New Castle County and in Rehoboth Beach. Biden came from wealth. He never had anything to do with the blue collar side of Scranton.
He was 11 when they moved out of there. His dad worked in the oil industry, as did his grandfather, before becoming an executive of a company that made a waterproof sealant used on U.S. merchant marine ships. Later, his dad moved his family to the Wilmington suburb of Mayfield, and worked for 15 years in real estate sales in New Castle County and in Rehoboth Beach. Biden came from wealth. He never had anything to do with the blue collar side of Scranton.