Podbit · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
When Joe Biden's political supporters gathered at their home and pushed him to run for president, a young Jill — poolside in a bikini — grabbed a black magic marker, wrote 'NO' on her stomach, and walked silently through the library where they were meeting. She didn't say a word. She didn't need to.
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Behind Jill Biden's remarkable moments of resolve — throwing out a priest, confronting advisors, standing firm through five proposals — is a woman she learned it all from: her mother. The sound of her mother's voice, she says, could calm her in an instant. Her deepest regret is not having a recording of it. Even a simple 'hello, Jill' would be enough. [1] — Dr. Jill Biden "Jill Biden's greatest regret is having no recording of her late mother's voice. She can still hear it in her mind — the simple word 'hello,…" 22:20 She pivots this into practical advice for anyone with living parents: record their voices, because one day you will desperately need to hear them. She is lucky in one respect — because Beau served as Delaware's Attorney General and gave many public speeches, recordings of his voice survive. When life gets especially hard, she goes to the computer and plays them. It settles her.
After Joe Biden was rushed to the hospital with a brain aneurysm in 1988, he stayed at Walter Reed for approximately seven months while Jill commuted nearly two hours after school to visit him.
When political supporters pushed Joe Biden to run for president at home while a young Jill was poolside, she took a black magic marker, wrote 'NO' on her stomach, and walked silently through the room.
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