Snapshot · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Joe Biden's 1987 presidential campaign ended when he was accused of plagiarizing a passage from British politician Neil Kinnock, but dropping out likely saved his life when he suffered a brain aneurysm months later.
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What looked at the time like political disaster revealed itself as something else entirely. Joe Biden's 1987 campaign ended abruptly when he was accused of plagiarizing a passage from a speech by UK Labour leader Neil Kinnock. Jill was on the trail constantly, exhausted, balancing campaign travel with coming home to children who needed her. The campaign ending was painful — but in February 1988, Joe collapsed with a brain aneurysm. Jill received a call at school from the principal telling her to go home immediately. She found Joe with a gray face on the bed. At the hospital, doctors feared the worst. Jill, running on instinct and adrenaline, would make a decision in that corridor that would define her — and Joe's — story.
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