the finnigans and bidens were irish catholics. their first. and then, his sister, valerie., my big mother was there. the thing that was most , andtant was family family, and family. boom faded,stwar joe's father struggled to find work in scranton. but 140 miles south, there was a job in wilmington. valerie: there was a long stairway up to the second floor. dad went up to joey and our bedroom, saying, joey, you've got to be a big boy. >> for the first time, joe saw the heavy burden of a father, and it was a lesson he would never forget. valerie: a job is a lot more than a paycheck. it is about dignity. >> the country was losing tens of thousands of jobs a day, and then did -- and they needed three votes to pass an economic rescue package. >> joe biden was handed the task of getting three republican votes. >> joe returns to the place he had been so effective. >> passionate argument, sympathetic listening, willingness to make adjustments and accommodations to bring people on board. >> when the law finally passed, the president tapped his partner to run the program. dollar,sed