Beau Biden, currently Attorney General of the State of Delaware and son of Vice President Joe Biden, has announced that he will not run for the Senate seat vacated by his father when he was sworn in as Vice President.
Good.
Whatever the younger Mr. Biden's skills, we held a revolution some two hundred and thirty plus years ago. Among the results, as written in our Constitution, was the removal of Kings, aristocrats, and other hereditary rulers, from our government.
Sadly, it did not take long for the first father and son combination to occupy a major political office: President John Adams (1779 - 1801) and his son President John Quincy Adams (1825 - 1829). At least they were both elected rather than the younger inheriting his father's position.
Even so, political dynasties are far from desirable. When given the opportunity, we should always vote against a close relative of any office holder - specially one who, like the Vice President, had been a senator for thirty six years.
We have had more than enough of the Biden family but at least the citizens of Delaware will be spared the task of voting against the younger member.
That will make the world a slightly better place.
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