'There are legitimate questions about whether Biden can withstand the brutal pace of a presidential campaign and, equally relevant, the presidency itself. ... Yet Biden keeps moving forward,' and the reason is Trump, writes julianzelizer for CNNOpinion
Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, and author of the forthcoming book,"Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party."
Follow him on Twitter at @julianzelizer. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. With a story he likes to tell on the campaign trail, former Vice President Joe Biden has once again triggered anxiety about his campaign. Biden loves to share a memory about traveling to Afghanistan as vice president to mark the heroic actions of a Navy captain who didn't want the honor. The problem, according to The Washington Post, is that"almost every detail in the story appears to be incorrect. ... It appears as though the former vice president has jumbled elements of at least three actual events into one story of bravery, compassion and regret that never happened." The revelation has caused another stir.
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