'In a short amount of time, Joe Biden made me more confident about something that’s bothered me my whole life,' said 13-year-old Brayden Harrington, a boy who stutters just like the Democratic presidential nominee.
his wholehearted endorsement Thursday evening as he addressed the nation at the virtual Democratic National Convention.
“It was really amazing to hear someone like me became vice president,” Brayden said, referring to Biden’s post in President Barack Obama’s administration. Sitting in front of a Biden for President sign, Brayden read off of cards he said he marked up in the special way that the newly minted presidential nominee showed him, in order to make it easier to read aloud. He continued: “And now I’m here talking to you today about the future. About our future. My family often says the world feels better by talking about something normal, like going to the movies. We all want the world to feel better. We need the world to feel better.
Biden has spoken in the past about his stutter, saying that he never received professional help for it but instead practiced in the mirror and received encouragement from his mother.
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