Post by Logan on Jan 22, 2017 8:02:48 GMT -6
On his last day as vice president, Joe Biden briefly revived a tradition he had followed faithfully as a U.S. senator for Delaware: He rode the commuter train home from Washington.
Biden and his wife, Jill, hopped aboard an Amtrak train bound for Wilmington after attending the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday.
Marching band members and alumni from Biden's alma mater, the University of Delaware, joined scores of uniformed Delaware National Guard troops, schoolchildren and hundreds of other well-wishers to greet the Bidens at a celebration on Wilmington's riverfront, a stone's throw from the Amtrak station that bears his name.
"We never thought we left home," a subdued Biden said as he began his speech, quickly becoming emotional.
Read more: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/delawareans-biden-home-decades-washington-44931251
Biden and his wife, Jill, hopped aboard an Amtrak train bound for Wilmington after attending the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday.
Marching band members and alumni from Biden's alma mater, the University of Delaware, joined scores of uniformed Delaware National Guard troops, schoolchildren and hundreds of other well-wishers to greet the Bidens at a celebration on Wilmington's riverfront, a stone's throw from the Amtrak station that bears his name.
"We never thought we left home," a subdued Biden said as he began his speech, quickly becoming emotional.
Read more: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/delawareans-biden-home-decades-washington-44931251