In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Brayden Harrington addresses the virtual convention on August 20, 2020.
The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, i (DNCC via Getty Images)Brayden met Biden in February outside a campaign event and, after a brief chat, was invited to join the candidate backstage, where their conversation about growing up with a stutter continued.“It was really amazing to hear that someone like me became vice president,” he said.AdvertisementBiden, now officially the Democratic presidential nominee, shared an anecdote with the boy about reading aloud the poetry of William Butler Yeats to overcome his own stutter.“He showed.