▁articles ▁that ▁dep icted ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁more ▁traditional ▁vice ▁president , ▁including ▁a ▁spo of ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁Thanks g iving ▁Turkey ▁Pres entation ▁( t itled ▁" B iden ▁P ard ons ▁Single ▁Yam ▁in ▁Vice - Pres ident ial ▁Thanks g iving ▁R it ual "). ▁But ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁writing ▁staff ▁had ▁settled ▁on ▁exclus ively ▁using ▁N ack ers ' s ▁" virt ually ▁un recogn izable " ▁take ▁on ▁the ▁character . ▁So on , ▁the ▁newspaper ' s ▁edit ors ▁had ▁so ▁many ▁j okes ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁character ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁back log ▁of ▁rejected ▁pitch es . ▁ ▁Character ization ▁ ▁The ▁On ion ▁B iden ▁is ▁typically ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁blue - col lar ▁ever yman ▁with ▁a ▁taste ▁for ▁part ying ▁and ▁deb auch ery . ▁O ften ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁the ▁nick name ▁" D iam ond ▁Joe ", ▁the ▁character ▁lov es ▁hair ▁metal ▁and ▁classic ▁rock ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁He ▁drives ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁Pont iac ▁Fire bird ▁Trans ▁Am ▁and ▁motor cy cles . ▁According ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁journalist ▁Jer emy ▁W . ▁Peters , ▁the ▁On ion ▁staff ▁wrote ▁B iden ▁in ▁" one ▁of ▁two ▁m olds : ▁Bo o zy ▁and ▁br ash , ▁or ▁s lick ▁and ▁over - sex ed ." ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁direction