Lexington: Biden his time

摘要

JOE BIDEN was first off a flight from Burlington to Philadelphia the other day. Lexington was second, which afforded him a rare moment to observe the former vice-president in the solitude of an empty jetway. Perhaps Mr Biden knew he was being spied on. Perhaps he always expects to be, after half a century in frontline politics. Even so, to watch the stiff-legged 76-year-old stoop to pick up someone's empty soda bottle and transport it, softly tutting to himself, to the nearest rubbish bin was to glimpse a modesty and diligence not obvious in American government these days.