GQ profiles Vice President Biden '61; Article Features Recent Visit to Archmere

In GQ's July 2013 profile on Vice President Biden '61 called "Have You Heard the One About President Joe Biden?" author Jeanne Marie Laskas writes about her recent visit to the Vice President's hometown of Wilmington, including their visit to his alma mater, Archmere Academy, this past May. Laskas writes about his spirited recollections as they toured campus, and about Biden's interactions with faculty and students during their visit. "'When we get to Archmere Academy, his high school, we stop and admire the fence. 'I painted all this wrought iron. I really did. How I paid for tuition. Eighth-grade summer, ninth grade, tenth grade. We worked for a guy named Dominic. Dominic talked like this, 'Hey, Joe, get over here.' You think I'm joking, but I'm not,'" Laskas writes. The article describes his meeting with rising senior class president, Kate Fosebenner '14, and his stories about how Archmere helped him overcome his stutter.

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