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A Dalliance with Burisma

The American Mind

CHAPTER

The Tragic Comedy of Joe Biden's Wealth

Seth Meyers: It's just utterly grotesque. I mean, why is this family rich? Yeah, what do you do? The Bush family, at least was, you know, had inherited money and then it was in the oil business. Why is Joe Biden wealthy? His wife is a college teacher. He was in the Senate for 50 years. And then vice president, his son, his brother, they're all involved in his sister. They're all involved his nieces. All involved in this political consulting business, which can only be selling access and influence. There are two Ukraine's like in my head. One of them is the plucky nation fighting for its independence

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