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  • GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN ♪ ♪ LET NOTHING YOU DISMAY

  • >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.

  • JOINING US NOW IS THE FUTURE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES,

  • DR. JILL BIDEN.

  • DR. BIDEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

  • >> THANKS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

  • >> Stephen: HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU, TOO.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >> Stephen: YOU ARE HISTORIC IN THAT YOU WILL BE THE FIRST

  • FIRST LADY WITH A FULL-TIME, PAYING JOB.

  • WHAT IS THAT AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?

  • >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO THINK OF IT IN HISTORIC

  • TERMS, I GUESS, BECAUSE I TAUGHT ALL EIGHT YEARS WHILE I WAS

  • SECOND LADY, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING FIRST

  • LADY AND DOING TO THINGS THAT I DID AS SECOND LADY, CARRYING ON

  • WITH MILITARY FAMILIES AND EDUCATION AND FREE COMMUNITY

  • COLLEGE, CANCER THAT, YOU KNOW, JOE AND I HAVE BOTH WORKED ON,

  • AND THEN -- AND I'M GOING TO TEACH AS WELL.

  • >> Stephen: YOU ONCE SAID IN YOUR OWN MEMOIR, THE ROLE I HAVE

  • ALWAYS FELT MOST AT HOME IN IS DR. BIDEN.

  • SOME PEOPLE HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO QUESTION

  • THAT TITLE OF YOURS.

  • DO YOU HAVE ANY REACTION TO THOSE PEOPLE?

  • >> YEAH.

  • THAT WAS SUCH A SURPRISE.

  • >> Stephen: IT CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE AS WELL.

  • I DID NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING.

  • >> NO, NOR DID I.

  • AND REALLY THE TONE OF IT THAT I THINK -- YOU KNOW, HE CALLED ME

  • "KIDDO."

  • ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF IS MY DOCTORATE, YOU KNOW, I

  • WORKED SO HARD FOR IT.

  • YOU KNOW, JOE CAME WHEN I DEFENDED MY THESIS.

  • >> I GOT TO HAND HER HER DOCTOR RAT ON STAGE OF THE UNIVERSITY

  • OF DELAWARE.

  • SHE HAD TWO MASTERS DEGREE.

  • SHE KEPT GOING SCHOOL ALL THE TIME WHILE TEACHING AT NIGHT.

  • I SAID, JILL, WHY DON'T YOU GET A DOCTORATE AND MAKE US SOME

  • REAL MONEY.

  • SHE GETS THE DOCTORATE AND GETS A $2,000 RAISE.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) >> LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO CAME

  • OUT IN SUPPORT OF ME.

  • I AM SO GRATEFUL.

  • I WAS JUST OVERWHELMED BY HOW GRACIOUS PEOPLE WERE TOWARD ME.

  • >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A

  • COMPLIMENT THAT PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING TO

  • CRITICIZE YOU ABOUT LIKE, I GOT IT!

  • >> I'LL TAKE IT.

  • >> Stephen: AS A HUSBAND WHO LOVES THIS PERSON, DID YOU EVER

  • WANT TO GET OUT A LENGTH OF POOL CHAIN AND GO FULL CORN POP ON

  • THESE PEOPLE?

  • >> THE ANSWER IS THAT'S CLOSE.

  • NO, NO.

  • BUT THERE ARE SOME OF THESE -- ANYWAY.

  • >> Stephen: MM-HMM.

  • IT WAS THE TOBE OF IT.

  • HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSING MY IRISHNESS FOR SOME TIME.

  • >> Stephen: IT'S ALWAYS A SMART THING TO DO.

  • THE INAUGURAL, OBVIOUSLY, IS I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS AWAY.

  • I BET ONE OF YOUR STAFF KNOWS.

  • HOW MANY DAYS AWAY IS IT?

  • WHAT?

  • 34.

  • SEND THAT GIRL A BOX OF STEAKS.

  • SHE GOT IT RIGHT.

  • SO 34 DAYS FROM NOW, MR. PRESIDENT ELECT, YOU FIRST

  • RAN FOR THIS JOB 32 YEARS AGO.

  • I GOT TO THINK YOU HAVE BEEN IMAGINING WHAT THAT DAY WAS

  • GOING TO BE LIKE FOR A LONG TIME.

  • WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE NOW IN REALITY?

  • HOW DOES THAT MATCH YOUR ORIGINAL IMAGE?

  • >> WELL, THE TRUTH IS I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A LONG

  • TIME, FOR REAL.

  • AFTER BEAU DIED -- I DECIDED, I WAS A PROFESSOR AT THE

  • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, HAD AN INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY

  • OF DELAWARE, AND WASN'T TILL THE FOLKS CAME OUT OF THE FIELDS AT

  • CHARLOTTESVILLE I REALIZED SOMETHING HAD TO HAPPEN.

  • OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS AND GRANDSON CAME TO SEE US AND SAID YOU'VE

  • GOT TO RUN, POP, AND THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN.

  • IT'S BEEN MORE A SENSE OF OBLIGATION THAN WANTING TO LIVE

  • IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

  • IT'S ABOUT CHANGING -- THIS IS NOT WHO -- THE COUNTRY WE HAVE

  • BEEN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS IS NOT WHO WE ARE, AND WE HAVE TO

  • GET BACK TO WHO WE ARE.

  • WE ARE A DEMOCRACY, WE ARE A DEMOCRACY THAT HAS SHOWN RESPECT

  • AND DECENCY AND A BEACON TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, AND WE'RE

  • LOSING THAT.

  • >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE THE EVENT ITSELF?

  • WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE INAUGURAL?

  • HAVE THE PLANS BEEN SOLIDIFIED YET?

  • I KNOW YOU WILL BE HOLDING THE BIBLE.

  • >> I HAVE BEEN HOLDING THE BIBLE.

  • I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR IT TODAY.

  • >> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING OUT?

  • THIS IS THE SIZE OF YOUR FAMILY BIBLE.

  • > 1893.

  • >> Stephen: WHY IS YOUR BIBLE BIGGER THAN MINE?

  • DO YOU HAVE MORE JESUS THAN I DO?

  • >> NO, BUT IT'S BEEN A FAMILY HEIRLOOM IN THE BIDEN FAMILY.

  • EVERY IMPORTANT DATE IS IN THERE.

  • EVERY TIME I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN ANYTHING THE DATE HAS BEEN IN

  • THAT, INSCRIBED IN THE BIBLE.

  • THE SON, SWORN IN AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALL THE IMPORTANT DATES

  • IN OUR FAMILY GOING WAY BACK, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A FAMILY

  • HEIRLOOM.

  • >> Stephen: THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION ABOUT WHETHER YOUR

  • PREDECESSOR WILL ATTEND, AS IS TRADITIONAL, YOUR INAUGURAL.

  • DOES IT MATTER TO YOU WHETHER HE DOES?

  • >> IN A PERSONAL SENSE, NO, BUT IN A SENSE RELATING TO --

  • >> HISTORY, RIGHT?

  • -- HISTORY.

  • IN TERMS OF WE HAVE BEEN THE BEACON OF DEMOCRACY FOR THE LAST

  • 200 YEARS, AND THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER, AND THE POWER

  • BEINGHANDED FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER, ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER IS

  • WHO WE ARE, AN THAT'S THE PART I WORRY ABOUT IS HOW THAT REFLECTS

  • AROUND THE WORLD.

  • AND, SO, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY STANDPOINT FROM -- I DON'T TAKE

  • IT PERSONALLY, BUT I DO THINK IT AFFECTS THE VIEW OF THE REST OF

  • THE WORLD AS TO WHO WE ARE.

  • >> Stephen: SO FOR THE GOOD TO HAVE THE COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE A

  • BETTER THING TO HAVE HAPPEN?

  • >> I THINK SO.

  • >> Stephen: SEEMS LIKE, AS LONG AS THE BOTH OF YOU HAVE

  • BOTH BEEN IN WASHINGTON, AND WHETHER -- WEATHERED THE SLINGS

  • AND ARROWS OF THE TOWN, YOU'RE ABOUT TO STEP INTO SOMETHING

  • COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW.

  • AND AS YOU'VE KNOWN, PEOPLE WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD RELY ON

  • SOMETIMES TURN ON YOU.

  • WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AND HOW WILL YOU SUSTAIN EACH OTHER FOR

  • THE ATTACKS YOU KNOW ARE COMING YOUR WAY?

  • CASE IN POINT, I KNOW YOU WANT TO BE AS BIPARTISAN AND REACH

  • ACROSS THE AISLE, BUT AS MUCH AS YOU DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN, YOU

  • KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE HAY IN WASHINGTON ARE GOING

  • TO TRY TO USE YOUR ADULT SON AS A CUDGEL AGAINST YOU.

  • HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THOSE

  • PEOPLE?

  • >> WELL, LOOK, I HAVE -- WE HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN OUR SON.

  • I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ANY ACCUSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE

  • AGAINST HIM.

  • IT'S USED TO GET TO ME.

  • I THINK IT'S KIND OF FOUL PLAY, BUT, LOOK, IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND

  • HE'S A GROWN MAN, HE IS THE SMARTEST MAN I KNOW, IN A PURELY

  • INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY, AND AS LONG AS HE'S GOOD, WE'RE GOOD.

  • >> Stephen: AS A FATHER, I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I ADMIRE

  • THAT, BUT I MEAN, IN TERMS OF YOUR JOB AS PRESIDENT, CAN YOU

  • REACH ACROSS THE AISLE TO PEOPLE WHO WILL BE USING THIS AS AN

  • ATTACK ON YOU, WHEN IT IS SUCH A PERSONAL ATTACK BECAUSE IT'S

  • ABOUT FAMILY?

  • >> BUT IF IT BENEFITS THE COUNTRY, YES.

  • I REALLY MEAN IT.

  • BECAUSE WE KNOW WHO WE ARE.

  • >> Stephen: YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I.

  • >> DON'T GET ME WRONG, DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT ANGRY, DOESN'T MEAN

  • I WASN'T ANGRY AND DOESN'T MEAN IF I WERE BACK IN THE DAYS OF

  • HIGH SCHOOL I WOULDN'T SAY COME HERE AND GO A ROUND.

  • >> BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD.

  • >> BUT, LOOK, THERE'S SO MUCH AT STAKE, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,

  • I THINK THEY CAN SMELL THE PHONINESS, SMELL WHAT'S TRUE AND

  • WHAT'S NOT TRUE, AND I JUST -- BUT WHAT IT DOES DO, A COUPLE OF

  • PEOPLE WHO HAVE -- IT'S JUST BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT.

  • I FEEL BADLY FOR THEM.

  • I'M NOT BEING FACETIOUS.

  • >> WE FEEL BAD FOR OUR FRIENDS.

  • I FEEL BADLY.

  • BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED?

  • WHAT WENT WRONG?

  • WHAT'S -- >> YEAH.

  • WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

  • AND BECAUSE -- ANYWAY, AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO STEPPED UP,

  • LOOK AT ALL THE REPUBLICANS WHO STEPPED UP IN THIS CAMPAIGN,

  • FORMER OFFICE HOLDERS, YOU KNOW, JOHN MCCAIN'S WIFE, PEOPLE WHO

  • WENT OUT THERE WHO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE, WHO ARE MAJOR REPUBLICAN

  • FIGURES, THE FORMEN CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

  • I MEAN, SO, THERE'S A LOT MORE GOOD.

  • BUT MY JOB, I'M NOT KIDDING, STEPHEN, I'M GOING TO BE JUDGED

  • BY HISTORY, WHETHER OR NOT I CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THE

  • AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND I WILL DEAL WITH ANYONE IF WHAT WE'RE

  • WORKING ON IS IMPROVING THE WELL BEING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

  • IT'S NOT PHONY, IT'S REAL.

  • I'LL SWALLOW HARD AND I'LL DO IT.

  • >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER QUICK BREAK.

  • STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.

  • WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND

  • DR. JILL BIDEN.

  • ♪♪♪

GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN ♪ ♪ LET NOTHING YOU DISMAY

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