Cindy McCain touts ‘unlikely friendship’ between Biden, John McCain at Democratic convention

Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCainJohn Sidney McCainBiden’s Acceptance Speech: Look for Four Things. The Memo: Biden Closes in Triumph or Disaster Nixon Grandfather Chris Cox: ‘The Lights of Freedom Really Go Out in Hong Kong’ MORE (R-Ariz.), Will work to give an impetus Joe BidenJoe BidenThe Memo – Michelle Obama shines, burning Trump Trump knocks out Cuomo after his Democratic conventional speech Biden tries to win over progressives and Republicans on the night of one MAY at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, contributed to a video highlighting the relationship between her late husband and the former vice president.

An advancement of the video focuses on how Biden met John McCain when the latter was assigned to be a then-Delaware senator’s military assistant on his overseas travels, a relationship that developed into a ” improbable friendship. “

‘It was a friendship that should not have worked. John, a former Marine pilot, has just been released from a North Vietnamese prison. Joe, a young senator from Delaware. But in the 1970s, Joe was assigned a military helper for a trip abroad, ‘says a female narrator in the video, followed by a clip from Biden that John McCain rattles about carrying his bags.

“John and Joe traveled thousands of miles together,” the narrator states. “The families got to know each other, gathering for picnics in Biden’s backyard.”

“They would just sit and joke. It was like a comedy show sometimes to watch the two of them,” Cindy McCain says in audio recorded in the ad.

While Cindy McCain is not expected to offer an explicit distinction from Biden, the video marks her strongest show of support to date for his White House bid.

The clip was first shared with The Associated Press.

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Cindy McCain said earlier this year that she “has no intention of getting involved in presidential politics.”

Trump first began feuding with the McCains in 2015 when he said that John McCain, who served more than 30 years as a senator after being held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, was not a hero “because he was imprisoned. “I love people who do not go to prison.”

The president also hammered the late senator several times in appearances across the country after John McCain voted against a GOP plan to repeal the Obama-era Affordable Care Act.

Biden’s connection to the McCain family was evident in 2017, when he comforted Meghan McCain on “The View” after her father was diagnosed with the cancer that eventually killed him. Biden’s son Beau also died of cancer.

Cindy McCain is one of a number of Republicans appearing at the convention to encourage Biden. Several appeared Monday night to support the former vice president, including former Gov. Ohio, John Kasich, a Trump critic who said Biden could help the country “do better than what we’ve seen today.”