Joe Biden set for the biggest moment of his career of 5 decades on the last night of the Democratic convention

While officially accepting his party’s nomination on the last night of the Democratic National Convention, Biden intends to focus more on his own biography and life in government than on his criticisms of the current occupant of the Oval. Office.

The evening will feature average Americans whose lives have been touched by the former vice president, from military families to 13-year-old Brayden Harrington, who approached Biden in New Hampshire and asked him to help coach him by overcoming his stutter, as Biden did in his own youth by reciting poetry in the mirror and later by marking his speeches as a reminder not to run through his remarks.

In what is likely to be a deeply gripping moment, Biden’s three children will give the introduction of his keynote in a video. The son of former Vice President Beau, who died five years ago of brain cancer at the age of 46, will be pictured in video clips from previous speeches about his father.

Biden strongly advocated for such an introduction, which will also include his son Hunter and daughter Ashley, party officials said. The former vice president decided after much soul searching not to pursue a presidential campaign in 2016, saying the window for a run was closed when he mourned Beau.

Hunter Biden’s appearance is likely to ignite a storm among Republicans, as he was a central figure in claims by Trump and the conservative media of corruption when he was on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, while his father was vice -president was.

Hunter Biden told ABC News last year that his role represented ‘bad judgment’, but that he did nothing indecent. There is no evidence of corruption by Biden and his son in Ukraine, and defenders claim that the controversy was sparked by Trump’s defenders to distract from the president’s attempt to coax the Kiev government. interfering in the election to harm Biden in a scheme that led to Trump’s impeachment.

Still, Hunter Biden has kept a low profile during the campaign, so his appearance will be a notable moment.

The tributes to Biden from current and former members of the military will include highly anticipated speeches from former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who ran against the former Delaware senator for the 2020 presidential nomination, and Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraqi Recipient of War Veteran and Purple Heart who considered Biden during his selection process for Vice President.

Biden said Buttigieg, a Rhodes scholar who was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, reminds him of his son Beau. On Thursday night, Buttigieg will talk about his military service and his experience as a gay man in America showing how the country has shifted on LGBTQ rights.

“Every American has to decide now,” Buttigieg plans to say, according to his prepared remarks. “Can America be a place where faith is about healing and not exclusion? Can we become a country that lives up to the truth that Blacks live matter? Will we address questions of science and medicine by turning to scientists and doctors? “What are we going to do to make America a country where no one who works full time can live in poverty?”

The election, Buttigieg will argue, is about that choice.

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