Joe Biden stated, “I’m not sure they could have ever imagined that two great-great-grandsons of Irish shoemakers — myself and Barack Obama — would be sworn in as president of the United States of America.”
Do you know the connection between United States Vice President Joe Biden and former White House occupant Barack Obama? The answer is that both of their great-great-grandfathers were shoemakers.
Additionally, both were from Ireland. President Biden stated on Twitter: “Around the same time that my great-great-grandfather left Ireland for America, another shoemaker named Joseph Kearny did the same. This individual is Barack Obama’s great-great-grandfather. Imagine this, people. This is the guarantee of optimism. Or, as my mother would say, “that’s how the Irish do it.”
Biden continued, “And in all their dreams, I doubt they could have imagined that two great-great-grandsons of Irish shoemakers — myself and Barack Obama — would be sworn in as president of the United States of America.”