President Joe Biden opened up about the dark times he endured after his first wife and daughter died in a car crash, describing to radio host Howard Stern on Friday how he contemplated su!cide
Biden sat for a surprise interview during a visit to New York.
In one of the most revealing passages he talked of his despair at the death of Neilia and their 13-month-old daughter Naomi in December 1972.
‘I don’t drink. That’s not a virtue. I just never drank,’ he said.
‘And I used to sit there and think to myself, I think I’ll take out a bottle of Scotch. We always had liquor in the house … and I was going to just drink and get drunk and I could never bring myself to do it.
‘And I actually thought about you know, you don’t have to be crazy to commit suicide. If you’ve been at the top of a mountain you think it’s never going to be there again.
‘And just a brief moment, I thought maybe I just go to the Delaware Memorial Bridge and jump. but I had two kids.’
The live radio interview took listeners by surprise. Biden has sat for few interviews since taking office and the appearance was not listed on his public schedule.
Follow Us on Facebook – @LadunLiadi; Instagram – @LadunLiadi; Twitter – @LadunLiadi; Youtube – @LadunLiadiTV for updates
Some things can break one at time
Life happens