RJ Politics breaks down debate, interviews Jill Biden — PODCAST

Jill Biden, wife of former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, right, talks with supporters during a campaign office opening in Las Vegas on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

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In her interview, Biden discussed what brought her husband into the presidential race, as well as the toll a recent series of attack ads targeting her family has taken.

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