So Joe's wife dies in a car crash. His boys are 3 and 4. He's a senator, going to D.C. every day. What would YOU do as a father in this situation? Would you

a) continue to commute hours each day, working interminable hours and (inevitably) neglecting your children while also using them as political props and then breaking up the marriage of their future stepmother?

b) maybe downshift career-wise and "be there" for your little boys?

What do you think Joseph Robinette Junior did? You already know. Not even the death of his wife, and two little boys crying out for their dad, could dare to interrupt his political career. No, they were in the way.

The Joe everyone tells you about is the nice guy who remembers your name, who gladhands and so on. But if you grew up in Delaware you know this is Joe Jekyll. Mr. Hyde-n Biden is a monster. You see it when the dementia flares up, or when someone dares ask him a question about Burisma. He just knows how to play the game.

Don't be fooled.