
<p>It has been said that every politician has a “log cabin” story – a Horatio Alger-style rise from rags to riches. ; A correlation suggests that the more successful a politician becomes, the more humble and challenging his or her early life. ; President Biden is not an exception to that tradition, but he has stretched it beyond all credulity. ;</p>



<p>Let us examine the legend as we have been told it.</p>



<p>According to the narrative, Little Joe Biden grew up in an impoverished family – the type Dickens captured in his novels. ; His formative years were spent at the kitchen table absorbing his father’s words of wisdom. ; We know that from the many, many times Biden refers to those kitchen table conversations.</p>



<p>(I cannot imagine Biden spending so much time at the kitchen table unless he habitually refused to eat his spinach. ; But I digress.)</p>



<p>It is those early years that informed Biden on the plight of the common worker – a respect for the man and woman who toils in the factories &#8230; behind the retail counter &#8230; or on construction sites. </p>



<p>(It always seemed to me that Biden did not have as much interest in non-union workers &#8211;and certainly not those who had some measure of business success. But that is another issue, and I digress again.)</p>



<p>Biden’s autobiographical legacy as the friend of the working man earned him the moniker of “lunch bucket Joe.”</p>



<p>Biden often refers to his years in Scranton. ; He recently said that the 2024 election was between Scranton and Palm Beach – where President Trump Lives. ; That is to epitomize the Biden story – that of a man of humble beginning whose myopic – or at least major – concern is the wellbeing of the foundational working class. ; He is the man from scrappy Scranton.</p>



<p>Whoa!! ; That may be a nice story, but it is NOT the history of the Joe Biden we know as President of the United States. ; No. No. ; No.</p>



<p>Biden’s father had a number of jobs. ; He worked for a company that produced sealant for ships during World War II. ; He was a manager at an auto dealership and then in real estate. ; Unable to find a job in Scranton, Pennsylvania – where Biden was born in 1943 &#8212; the family moved to Delaware for employment in 1953, when the future President was 10 years old.</p>



<p>(Oh wait! ; All that talk about Scranton, and Biden was out of there by the age of 10? ; He hardly passed what is known as the age of reason and only a few years beyond early childhood amnesia. ; A little test: Go back to your own age of 10 – about fifth grade &#8212; and see how much you can remember of specific events.)</p>



<p>Before leaving Scranton, Biden attended St. Paul’s Elementary School – a private Catholic school. ; In Delaware, he attended St. Helena School – another private Catholic School. ; For high school, Biden attended Archmere Academy, an elitist exclusive (and expensive) private Catholic preparatory school. ; Just to get a relative sense of it, the current one-year tuition at Archmere is $34,000 – plus other fees including uniforms. ; ; ;</p>



<p>Biden got his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware and a juris degree in law from Syracuse University. ; That is when the Biden biography first ran into credibility problems. ;</p>



<p>When campaigning, Biden often said that he was named the outstanding student in Political Science (untrue), and that he graduated in the upper quarter of his law class (untrue. ; He was in the lower quarter.) ; He claimed that he received a full scholarship. ; (Untrue. He got a small partial scholarship.)</p>



<p>Upon graduation from college, Biden served a short time as a public defender. ; At the same time, he joined the Democratic Party and started running for a seat on the New Castle County Board, which he won in 1970. ; After which he was elected to the United States Senate in 1972.</p>



<p>So, there you have it. ; For the past 52 years, “lunch bucket Joe” has operated in the <em>sancta sanctorum</em> of the Washington political establishment – in which he has risen in power, prestige and profit. ; ; Biden was not a product of Scranton, Pennsylvania. ; He and his family were never destitute. ; He is the product of an expensive and privileged private education. ;</p>



<p>Biden has become a multimillionaire from public service – and has enriched his family with millions of additional dollars based on their association to him and his various offices. ; Not that there is anything wrong with that &#8212; unless we discover there is.</p>



<p>Biden’s history may be apocryphal – that is bullsh*t with a college education. ; His “log cabin” story is entirely concocted. ; Or maybe it is just good old fashion malarky. ; But, he is not – nor ever has been &#8212; “lunch bucket, Joe.”</p>



<p>So, there tis.</p>

How long can Biden keep selling the “lunch bucket Joe” imagery?
