▁with ▁women , ▁comment ators ▁in ▁the ▁press ▁re evalu ated ▁On ion ▁articles ▁dep ict ing ▁B iden ▁as ▁sle azy ▁or ▁mach o ▁for ▁laugh s . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁B iden ▁announced ▁his ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁president ial ▁campaign , ▁former ▁On ion ▁editor ▁Joe ▁Garden ▁p enn ed ▁an ▁op - ed ▁express ing ▁regret ▁over ▁the ▁publication ' s ▁largely ▁ap olit ical , ▁un crit ical ▁port ray al ▁of ▁the ▁character . ▁While ▁Garden ▁maintained ▁that ▁the ▁On ions ▁B iden ▁had ▁been ▁fun ny , ▁he ▁expressed ▁concern ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁drawn ▁attention ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁politician ' s ▁record . ▁The ▁On ion ▁briefly ▁rev ived ▁the ▁" D iam ond ▁Joe " ▁version ▁of ▁B iden ▁in ▁its ▁coverage ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁Democratic ▁prim aries ▁before ▁dro pping ▁it ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁s ati riz ing ▁real - world ▁develop ments ▁in ▁the ▁politician ' s ▁campaign ▁and ▁public ▁image . ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁Joe ▁B iden ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁politician ▁and ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party . ▁He ▁represented ▁Del aware ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Senate ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁As ▁the ▁running ▁mate ▁of ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama , ▁B iden ▁was ▁elected ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁In ▁his ▁third ▁president ial ▁campaign — follow ing ▁previous ▁efforts ▁in