The role I have always felt most at home in is being 'Dr. B.'

Well, when Joe Biden is president you will no longer see this separation of families along the border. We welcome these families to enter into the United States.

Most people probably don't know that Joe has a romantic side to him.

Not only had I not expected a random call from Joe Biden, but I could never have imagined he would make that call to ask me out. I've been asked if I was starstruck by the fact that a U.S. senator thought I was worth a call, but I honestly wasn't. I was flattered that someone I'd heard of was interested.

We need good reading programs, and we need equity in schools.

The White House is a serious place, with serious people, doing serious work. If you're not careful, it can grind you down.

I had grown up with four sisters.

I buy my own clothes. I have a teacher's salary.

My students are working one, sometimes two jobs. They have kids. They're going school. They're dealing with real everyday problems. They are inspiring because they're trying to get ahead and make a better life for themselves and their kids.

There were times when I actually prayed not to get married.

What's on my iPod? Well, certainly Bruce Springsteen.

On the campaign trail, I have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life - from residents at a battered women's shelter to mentally handicap children to retirees - and learn about their lives and struggles.

I think exercise is really important, not just for your physical self, for your body, but for your head.

When I go to the supermarket, I can see people looking in my cart. So I have to be careful what I buy and when. I send my sister to Costco to pick up the personal items.

I never took a political science course.

I mean, my students are texting me all the time. It could be 10 o'clock at night, 'Hey Dr. B., can you check my thesis statement?' You know, I'm in bed!

There was a little nook on Air Force Two that contained the vice presidential seal, and I would sort of wedge myself in there and grade papers on the floor.

I'm an English teacher, so I'm used to reading and I'm used to reading out loud.

I love the women who are coming back to school and getting their degrees because they're so focused.

People know Joe Biden. They've seen the strong parts of his character and how resilient he is.

I'm a gardener, and I love to plant.

The American people know Joe Biden. They know his values. They know what he stands for.

I remember my grandmother taking me and my sisters to the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. We would watch the diving bell and see the diving horse jump into the pool. We would take the bus there, and I just smile thinking about all of us running around the pier on those days.

You know, cancer is bipartisan. I mean, there are so many people whose lives are touched and changed by cancer that people are willing to work together to find cures, find solutions, make lives better for cancer patients. So I think people put politics aside. This isn't a political thing. This is a life issue.

People have not really noticed community colleges, but they are where students really become successful.

One day I was teaching my class and then I had to go to the White House right after, so literally, I took my dress to school. After my classes I went into the ladies room, changed into my outfit, got into the car, went to the White House. So there are real, you know, Superman moments!

We need women to better reflect the social fabric of our society.

It was important to me that Beau and Hunter felt our family was whole, and that meant we got to define our relationship, not anyone else.

People need to realize that community colleges really give you a good education. And they do - that's just a simple fact of it.

I'm a grandmother.

I know the injustice of outliving a child, the pain of a future stolen away, of mourning forever a voice you'll never hear.

So many people in my life need prayers, and I feel like I owe that to them. After all, in heaven, we feed each other.

As a political spouse, I've found that my stoicism often serves me well.

I feel that exercise really balances me. Then I layer on the other obligations that I have.

I guess the White House is kind of confining.

I think it's important for every woman to have her own money and be independent.

What I said was that Joe's family was different than my family, that he came from a very affectionate family. My family was very loving, but we didn't show that kind of affection. So for me, that took me a little while to get used to that.

Cancer has been a dark thread that has run throughout my life. It's taken my friends, my parents. My beautiful son.

I was in the classroom four days after the inauguration, because I said to Joe when we got elected, 'Joe, I really want to continue to teach.' And he said, 'Absolutely. You should be doing what you love.' Politics - that's Joe's life, really, his love. But teaching is mine.

We can end cancer as we know it.

I'm not a lady who lunches.

For laid-off workers, community colleges offer job-certification programs that teach new skills and professions.

I worry about my children worrying about me, feeling like they need to be the strong ones. It's not the right order of things.

I think it's important how I come across to my students. I want them to see how professional women dress.

I think that running creates a sense of balance in my life. And it really calms me down.

I have great friends.

I am an educator.

I think when people hear my book on Audible, they'll hear the inflection in my voice, the tone, and understand me a little bit better and understand my family a little bit better in the ways that I tell the stories. Some are told with laughter, and some are told with sadness.

Sometimes I feel like I've forgotten how to be the mom after the death of my son.

I never used to speak at all. I always said Joe is the speaker of the family. I mean, I'd go to events and volunteer, but I was never a speaker.