The president of the United States Joe Biden he thought about suicide shortly after death of the first wife Neilia. The confession came during aradio interview heart to heart with the historic host Howard Stern.
When Joe Biden thought about suicide
It was the 1972 when the young wife Neilia and the daughter Naomi Of 13 months lost their lives in a car crash. This is what Biden said when recalling those terrible days:
I’d sit there and just think I’d get out a bottle of scotch. He’ll drink it and get drunk. […] You don’t have to be crazy to commit suicide. In a brief moment, I thought about jumping off the Delaware Memorial Bridge, but I had two children.
September 20, 1972, Wilmington (Delaware) – In the photo, Joe Biden and Neilia Hunter during the election campaign.
Biden’s wife had gone out with their three children to do their Christmas shopping. A tractor trailer skidded. In addition to the two victims, the other two children they reported very serious injuries.
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During the radio interview, Biden encouraged listeners suffering from mental health problems to seek professional help.
Already in the past Biden had expressed the importance of taking seriously the mental health problems and to help those who suffer from it.
Young Joe Biden
The interview had an informal tone, as is Howard Stern’s style (but without the usual polemics and provocations).
Biden spoke about meeting Neilia, his background as a high school football player and his efforts to overcome his stutter.
The president then addressed himself“idiot” for not being a more diligent student in my school days.
Then the story of the meeting with the current first lady Jill Biden and the emotion for the death of son Beau Bidenattorney general of the state of Delaware, died in 2015 from brain cancer.
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The radio conversation between Biden and Stern comes after criticism from New York Times who accused the US president of wanting to avoid interviews with the most important newspapers. Presidential staff said the interview was an attempt to reach voters through non-traditional avenues.
Photo source: IPA
