As far as Joe Biden is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether you only played a vice president on TV or actually woke up next to the President of the United States every morning for eight years (that’s how it works, right?). If you’re a veep, you’re a veep and that’s why he’s not staying silent about Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ announcement, made Thursday on Twitter, that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

We Veeps stick together. Jill and I, and all of the Bidens, are with you, Julia. pic.twitter.com/JP0c2wtrJ6

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 28, 2017

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With friends like this, who needs political heroes? Let’s just hope Mike Pence doesn’t embarrass himself by trying to get in on the love fest.

Becky Scott is the editor of The Schmooze. Follow her on Twitter, @arr_scott

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