It’s sometimes hard to remember that the mild octogenarian version of Joe Biden we see every day is the same guy whom The Onion memorably transformed into “Diamond Joe.” Not on Thursday.
It’s sometimes hard to remember that the mild octogenarian version of Joe Biden we see every day is the same guy whom the Onion memorably transformed into “Diamond Joe,” an avatar of white working-class boomer masculinity. (“Shirtless Biden Washes Trans Am in White House Driveway” is the most-remembered headline from that late-2000s/early-2010s era, though there are many other classics.) But on Thursday, Diamond Joe made a brief reappearance, and perhaps not at the most opportune time.
Before making remarks about a newly revealed cache of classified documents found inside the garage of his Delaware home, Biden fielded questions from reporters.
