WASHINGTON – Four weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden says he’s still getting used to the trappings of the office.
Biden offered a frank description of what it’s like to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. during his CNN town hall Tuesday night, referencing past presidents who have spoken of the building as “a little like a gilded cage.” “I get up in the morning and look at Jill and say, ‘Where the hell are we?’” Biden joked, adding that he wasn't used to household staff waiting on him. “I find myself extremely self-conscious,” Biden added, saying he was unaccustomed to someone “handing me my suitcoat.” Biden’s working-class upbringing in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has long been a central part of his political brand.