Tragic Details About Joe Biden

Vice President Joe Biden has endured his fair share of tragedies, from personal issues he suffered as a child to loved ones' lives cut short. He knows all too well that life isn't always roses. Here's Joe Biden's tragic real-life story. Before Joe Biden ascended into the national political arena, he was a young boy living in Scranton, Pennsylvania, with his parents and three siblings. However, life wasn't always easy for the Bidens. According to The New York Times, "[Joe's] father suffered a number of business reversals, and for several years when Joe Jr. was young, the Bidens were forced to move in with his mother’s parents...in their modest home on North Washington Avenue in Scranton." According to Biden, the hardships taught him a valuable lesson about life, as he told The New York Times, "My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'" The politician also doesn't drink alcohol due to his family history. Biden explained to The New York Times, "There are enough alcoholics in my family." Keep watching to learn more Tragic Details About Joe Biden. #JoeBiden Difficult childhood | 0:16 Stuttering struggle | 0:59 Untimely deaths | 1:49 Beau Biden's tragic death | 3:12 Losing friends | 4:15 Near-death experience | 5:05