For anyone wondering why Biden (or anyone else, of any age) can get details of a story wrong...

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78. Biden is older than the others

and has a lot more experience to draw on. The details matter less than the big picture. Younger people can recall more details but don't know which ones are important.

I remember young attorneys in depositions taking hours and asking questions of detail that in the end were just not necessary. But they prided themselves on how long their depositions were. It showed they worked harder. But older attorneys knew to get to the point.

I sat through 3 hours once as a plaintiff in an auto accident case after testifying that his injury prevented him from his hobby of surfing for a time got grilled on details of his surfboards, locations, tides, everything under the sun (the questioner likely was a surfer too) none of which really mattered and which no jury would sit through without falling asleep and no judge would allow to go on so long.

Or like the High schooler who thinks his paper is the greatest because it is the longest. Or if you get a good score because you memorized enough. None of that means you know what is important or what information to use.

Sounds like Biden knew what to put together, off the cuff, to make a good story, a moving story. Inspirational. Not long winded word salads by someone who has to tell us how smart he is everyday.