Published 8/26/2008
at ETonline - Breaking News
Who says getting a root canal is unpleasant? Under normal circumstances, maybe -- but not when your husband gets a call from Barack Obama asking him to be his presidential running mate.
And that’s how the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee asked U.S. Senator Joe Biden to be his running mate for the 2008 presidential election, says People .
Biden, a former rival of Obama, got the call while lending moral support to his wife Jill , who was in the dentist’s chair.
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