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The Biden family's secrets
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Oct 1, 2021
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Description
After seven Senate terms and three runs for president, Joe Biden has
mastered his folksy image. But behind "the Delaware way" are secrets in
Joe's family tree and son Hunter's foreign deals. National political
correspondent Ben Schreckinger tells Playbook's Ryan Lizza about what he
uncovered while investigating his book, “The Bidens: Inside The First
Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power.”
Ryan Lizza is a co-author of POLITICO Playbook.
Ben Schreckinger is a national political correspondent for POLITICO and
the author of "The Bidens: Inside The First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to
Power."
Adrienne Hurst is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Read an excerpt of Ben's book in Politico Magazine here:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/14/how-joe-biden-became-irish-511637
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mastered his folksy image. But behind "the Delaware way" are secrets in
Joe's family tree and son Hunter's foreign deals. National political
correspondent Ben Schreckinger tells Playbook's Ryan Lizza about what he
uncovered while investigating his book, “The Bidens: Inside The First
Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power.”
Ryan Lizza is a co-author of POLITICO Playbook.
Ben Schreckinger is a national political correspondent for POLITICO and
the author of "The Bidens: Inside The First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to
Power."
Adrienne Hurst is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Read an excerpt of Ben's book in Politico Magazine here:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/14/how-joe-biden-became-irish-511637
We want to invite you to take our NEW listener survey — it helps us
learn more about your interests and improve our content. What do YOU
want to hear from Politico’s podcasts? Let us know at
https://bit.ly/3zgKB30
Released:
Oct 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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