Joe Biden, the 46th president, defends his decision to run for re-election in a new memoir, a choice that many in his party now regard as a mistake, according to The New York Times. The Times reported that the book also revisits the debate that forced Biden to end his campaign.
The Times described that debate as "disastrous" in its summary of the book. The article's headline says it presents five takeaways from the memoir, and names three topics: the debate, dropping out, and advice from Romney.
The Times article is written by Tim Balk and is listed under the politics section of the newspaper's website, according to its web address. The summary available for this report does not say what advice Romney offers, how the five takeaways are divided among the topics, or what Biden writes about the debate itself. Those points are not reported here, and the Times summary does not supply them.
The Times also reported that Biden's defense of his re-election bid runs counter to the view of many in his own party, who now regard the decision as a mistake. The summary does not say whether the memoir addresses that criticism directly, and this report does not assume that it does.
Readers seeking the full account of the memoir's takeaways can consult the Times article directly. This report is based only on the headline and summary of that article, as published by The New York Times.