Former Vice President Joe Biden moves town hall audience to tears as he opens up about how he dealt with his stutter

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• Former Vice President Joe Biden talked about how he overcame his stutter at a CNN town hall that moved some audience members to tears.
• He talked about how he used to be "embarrassed" of his speech impediment growing up, and how he eventually came to accept that it wasn't his fault that he couldn't control it.
• He capitalized on the importance of empathy, and how people need "to reach out a little more" to those who need it.
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Former Vice President and 2020 Democratic hopeful Joe Biden opened up about how he dealt with his stutter throughout his life during a CNN town hall, moving members of the audience to tears.

Biden said he eventually overcame his stutter by practicing speeches to himself in the mirror and imitated the "torture face" he would get when he couldn't make out a whole sentence due to his stutter.

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