Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

How Biden Became Diamond Joe Six-Pack

He can thank The Onion for making him into that aviator glasses-wearing tough guy.

May 19, 2014 at 9:16 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Josh Marshall at TPM wants to know: Where did the legend of Joe Biden come from?

The first thing I’d say is that this Joe Biden is popular only among Democrats. There is another Joe Biden who is … well, I’m not sure I understand the conservative vision of the vice president, but I'm sure it involves impressive levels of incompetence and stupidity.