All Politics is Personal | Season 1, Episode 5 | Congressman Jake Auchincloss

Video Description

Valerie Biden Owens, Chair of the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, sits down with Congressman Jake Auchincloss who represents Massachusetts' Fourth District. He also serves on the committees for Transportation & Infrastructure and the Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and China. Representative Auchincloss discusses growing up in a medical family outside of Boston, MA, with his older siblings and friends. He was raised to value academics, integrity and honesty. The Congressman also opens up about his first job, his time serving in the United States Marine Corps, meeting his wife, transitioning from the military to public service, and raising their children. All Politics is Personal, a video series produced by the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration's Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Ithaca Initiative, introduces viewers to the person behind the politician, shining a light on our elected officials' triumphs and tragedies, and finding the commonality, civility and humanity that reminds us "all politics is personal." Thank you for watching.