President Joe Biden revealed the nickname of his childhood “best friend” during a speech at the NAACP national convention on Tuesday.
meanwhile Busy “It’s good to have real friends,” said Biden, a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, who cited his childhood friend, former president Richard “Mouse” Smith. president of the Delaware chapter of the NAACP.
Biden said Smith was a friend of his from his days working as a “lifeguard in the projects.” Biden had previously recounted a story about how Corn Pop, a “tough guy” who led a gang called the “Romans,” approached him. Wanting to “cut” him. The president claims he challenged Corn Pop with a chain.
CornPop reportedly backed out after the confrontation erupted.
“One of my best friends when I was a lifeguard in the projects, his name was … his nickname was ‘Mouse,'” Biden said. Said crowd.
Biden greets “Mouse,” a friend from his days as a “project lifeguard.”
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in Time Magazine article In an article written on January 20, 2021, Smith recounts how he met Biden in the “early 1960s,” when he was 14 and Biden was 19.
He was a lifeguard at my pool, and I remember him smiling as he came in.
Joe was one of three or four white teenagers who would hang out on this side of the tracks. We played basketball and softball and swam together. He was someone you could trust. He was like a member of the family.
In the article, Smith also provides more details about “Corn Pop” whom Biden had previously mentioned and how he was the leader of one of the “most violent” gangs in their town, the “Lohmans.”
When the pool reopened in 2017, both Smith and Biden recounted a story of Biden directing Cornpop, who wasn’t wearing a swimming cap, off a diving board and catching him with a six-foot chain.
Smith recounted the beginning of the Biden-CornPop saga but did not mention Biden confronting CornPop, saying only that the president “stood firm” against the gang leader.
