What Joe Biden could learn from Ronald Reagan

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In 1991, through his one-time agent, Hollywood mogul Lew Wasserman, then-former President Ronald Reagan learned that legendary film director Robert Zemeckis was interested in casting him in a second sequel to the hit movie, Back to the Future, the original of which Reagan and Nancy had enjoyed watching at Camp David six years earlier.

Reagan was flattered and intrigued by the offer. It would have been his first time back on the silver screen since leaving “the industry” to pursue a career in public service, and it warmed his heart that his beloved former profession might still have a place for him.

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