AP NewsBreak: Joe and Jill Biden get multi-book deal
NEW YORK — First the Obamas, now the Bidens. Former Vice-President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, have book deals.
Flatiron Books told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it will release two books by Joe Biden and one by Jill. Joe Biden’s first book will “explore one momentous year,” when his son Beau died in 2015 and his agonized decision against running for president. Biden has said recently that he regrets his choice and believes he could have defeated Republican Donald Trump, who pulled off a stunning upset against the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton.
Biden’s memoir is currently untitled and no release date was announced. Flatiron, a Macmillan imprint, is calling the book “the story of not just a politician, but of a father, grandfather, friend and husband.”
“We’re so deeply honoured to be the publisher of these books by Vice-President and Dr. Biden,” Flatiron president and publisher said in a statement. “The Vice-President’s book promises to give us all a deeper understanding of recent political history, but it will clearly also be a book about the values that have given the Vice-President strength in both good times and bad.”