College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Biden visits with Bethine Church at Boise State
While in town to celebrate the achievements of the athletes at the 2009 World Winter Olympic Games, Vice President Joe Biden took time to visit Boise State University, and our good friend Bethine Church, the New West blog reports:
Biden said he was grateful to the late-Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, and his widow, Bethine, who was on hand Thursday to see Biden at Boise State University.
Biden told the story of his being elected at age 29, only to have his wife and daughter killed in an auto accident. Church took an interest in Biden because he had been elected at age 32. A top Church aide, Cleve Corlett, later worked for Biden.
“Frank was a gigantic help to me,” Biden said. After the accident, Biden said, “I didn’t want to come–my brother contacted the governor to get a replacement for me.”
But he said the Churches were among a handful of people in Washington “that literally took me by the hand and said, ‘Look, just stay six months, just hang in. And look what happened, 36 years later I’m still hanging around. I owe them a lot.”
Read the complete story about Biden’s visit to Boise State University at the New West politics blog.
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