“Years ago now — 15 years ago — I was in Washington doing ‘Meet the Press.’ It was a sunny Sunday and lightning struck at home on a little lake that is outside of our home — not on a lake, a big pond,” Biden said.

“And it hit a wire and came up underneath our home into the heating ducts, air conditioning ducts. And to make a long story short, I almost lost my wife, my ’67 Corvette and my cat.”

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    Oh the one hand: “kitchen fire” makes it sound like like an unserious stovetop mishap vs a fire that happened to manifest in the kitchen after a lightning strike. Pretty disingenuous but it’s NYPost so not surprised

    On the other: Whinging about how you nearly lost your classic sports car in a fire to people whose lives have been at worst destroyed or at best irrevocably altered is not a good look Brandon. Not doing much to beat the “out of touch Dem” allegations

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      WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Lightning struck the home of Sen. Joseph Biden, starting a small fire that was contained to the kitchen.

      Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the house, but were able to keep the flames from spreading beyond the kitchen, said Cranston Heights Fire Company Chief George Lamborn.

      "Luckily, we got it pretty early,‘’ he said. "The fire was under control in 20 minutes.‘’

      It’s not a great look, particularly when you recall he has other firefighter involved events to reference

      President Joe Biden opened up about the death of his first wife and daughter during remarks at an event honouring firefighters on Tuesday.

      Speaking at the Summit on Fire Prevention and Control in the South Court Auditorium of the White House, the president spoke movingly and appreciatively about how first responders saved his sons from the car wreck that killed their mother and sister.