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Joe Biden: From Stutter To Power

By Ari Shapiro
Published August 23, 2008 at 1:00 PM PDT
This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Over the last 35 years, Joe Biden has held some of the most powerful positions in the Senate. He started life as a stuttering child in Scranton, Pa.

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