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Joe Biden, the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president of the United States, used to stutter in childhood, a condition referenced by Barack Obama in his introduction of Biden in Springfield, Illinois.LA Times: Opening the books on Joe Biden (August 23, 2008) Biden suffered from the speech disorder during his school years, and was taunted by classmates, who called him "B-B-Biden."US News: What You Didn't Know (August 23, 2008) When Barack Obama announced Biden as his running mate for the 2008 Presidential Elections, he mentioned Biden's stutter while describing the senator.Huffington Post: 10 Obama/Biden Gaffes (August 23, 2008) Biden wrote that "Carrying it strengthened me and, I hoped, made me a better person."LA Times: Opening the books on Joe Biden (August 23, 2008)
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- Biden strove to overcome the disorder by speaking loudly in front of a mirrorUS News: What You Didn't Know (August 23, 2008)
- Biden is known as a good orator who openly speaks his mindUS News: What You Didn't Know (August 23, 2008)
- Biden helped another stutterer during college yearsUS News: What You Didn't Know (August 23, 2008)
- In 2006, Biden spoke at the National Stuttering Association conference in BaltimoreStutteringiscool: Stutterers in the White House? (August 24, 2008)
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ABC News: Get to Know Joe Biden
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