Promise Me, Dad The Heartbreaking Story Of Joe Bidens Most Difficult Year

Promise Me, Dad: The Heartbreaking Story Of Joe Bidens Most Difficult Year by Joe Biden recounts a period beginning with the Biden family’s Thanksgiving gathering in November 2014. It is presented as a chronicle of the year that followed.

Key details

• Author: Joe Biden
• Centres on events beginning in November 2014
• Describes the year following a family Thanksgiving celebration
• Includes Vice President Biden’s travel and official responsibilities during that period

Synopsis

In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family came together for their traditional Thanksgiving celebration, though the occasion felt different from previous years. Joe and Jill Biden’s eldest son, Beau, had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour fifteen months earlier, and his survival was uncertain.

The book follows the year that came next, described as one of the most momentous and challenging of Joe Biden’s life and career. During this time, Vice President Biden travelled more than a hundred thousand miles and dealt with crises in Ukraine, Central America and Iraq, while balancing his responsibilities to his country and to his family and considering whether to seek the presidency in 2016. It also references the support he drew from family bonds, faith, and a deepening friendship with Barack Obama.