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Book review: The Fight of His Life is a well sourced insight into Biden’s White House

Author Chris Whipple’s authoritative analysis of US President Biden’s first two years in office focuses on the essential but often tedious political horse-trading that has been a hallmark of his presidency

Joe Biden: the US president sees Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and believes he has a duty to beat him at the next presidential election. Picture: Getty

Joe Biden credits his Louth and Mayo ancestors for making him such a resilient character. “My mom used to have an expression,” the then US vice-president recalled when he was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame a decade ago. “She’d say, ‘As long as you’re alive, you have an obligation to strive, and you’re not dead until you’ve seen the eyes of God. And the truth of the matter is, I think that’s ...