Pinkerton: Joe Biden, First Elected in the 1970s, Brings Back the 1970s

Joe Biden was first elected to public office in 1970, the same year that Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter was elected. Biden was elected as a senator from Delaware two years later, in 1972, and Carter was elected to the presidency four years later, in 1976, with Biden serving as a worker bee on his behalf. As a result, Biden served in the Senate during Carter’s presidency in the late 1970s. Then, in 1980, as Carter was running for re-election, Biden appeared on national television at the Democratic National Convention, praising Carter. To put it another way, Biden should recall how…