Joe Biden described as ‘OG girl dad’ by daughter Ashley in emotional DNC speech

Ashley and Jill Biden pay tribute to Joe at DNCSource: Reuters

Transcript

00:00Joe and I have been together for almost 50 years and still there are moments

00:11when I fall in love with him all over again like when I handed him our baby

00:21Ashley for the first time and saw the smile that lit up his face or on nights

00:28after an exhausting day in working in the Senate when he would read one more

00:34bedtime story just because the kids asked when he stops on a rope line

00:42because he sees someone grieving who needs to know that everything is going

00:48to be all right one day or to encourage that child with a stutter to find the

00:56confidence she needs those moments when I'm reminded of all he's accomplished in

01:05the name of something bigger than himself receiving the Medal of Freedom

01:11with humility

01:21placing his hand on our family Bible to take his oath of office

01:32and weeks ago when I saw him dig deep into his soul and decide to no longer

01:40seek re-election and endorse Kamala Harris

01:55faith and conviction Joe Biden is the OG girl dad

02:06he told me I could be anything and I could do anything as a child I would sit

02:13on the leather chair in his office doing my homework and he would sit next to me

02:17doing his work drafting the violence against women act

02:30and he wasn't just a girl dad I could see and he wasn't just a girl dad I

02:37could see that he valued and trusted women

02:43how he listened to his mother how he believed in his sister and most of all

02:50how he respected my mother's career