Former President Joseph R. Biden announced on Tuesday that he would be beginning the next chapter of his career as a sommelier at an upscale New York restaurant.<\/p>\n
\u201cListen, Jack,\u201d the ex-president told reporters, none of whom were named Jack. \u201cThe fact of the matter is this. I did a lot of reflecting after that election. And my big realization was that politics just wasn\u2019t for me anymore. Politics is really depressing and stressful. You know what\u2019s not depressing and stressful? Presenting the fine-dining public with a veritable cornucopia of Merlots, Chardonnays, and White Zinfandels. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about, Jack.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Biden refused to specify, however, what restaurant he would be working at. \u201cThat\u2019s for me to know and you to wine-d out. See what I did there? \u2018Wine-d out\u2019? That\u2019s a little wine pun for you. When I\u2019m a sommelier, my thing is going to be wine puns. I\u2019m hoping that within a few years people will even forget that I was ever president. I\u2019m hoping they\u2019ll just know me as the sommelier who loves to pun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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