Maureen Dowd: The Tragedy of Joe Biden Is that He Was Poisoned by Power

Maureen Dowd: The tragedy of Joe Biden is that he was poisoned by power

It took the Democrats far too long to acknowledge the mental decline that Americans could see

The Tragedy of Joe Biden

The denouement of Joe Biden is unbearably sad. The Irishman who could spend 45 minutes answering one question lost his gift of gab. The father who saw two of his children die and two spin into addiction wilted under the ongoing stress, especially when Hunter Biden — “my only living son,” as Joe called him — got tangled in the legal system. The gregarious pol, who loved chatting up lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, ended up barricaded in his …