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Biden played 'sheriff' on '09 aid, now salesman on COVID law

by Jonathan Lemire
| March 15, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2009, then-Vice President Joe Biden was "Sheriff Joe,” the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were getting to the right places and quickly.

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