als ▁that ▁rein for ced ▁his ▁" fol ks y " ▁public ▁image , ▁which ▁further ▁cultiv ated ▁that ▁per ception . ▁ ▁Effect ▁on ▁B iden ' s ▁image ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁w ides p read ▁cons ensus ▁that ▁The ▁On ion ▁had ▁an ▁impact ▁on ▁B iden ' s ▁public ▁image . ▁The ▁On ion ▁editor ▁T racy ▁remarked ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 : ▁" My ▁sense ▁is ▁that ▁we ' ve ▁done ▁so ▁much ▁on ▁him ▁that ▁our ▁vision ▁for ▁our ▁version ▁of ▁Joe ▁B iden ▁has , ▁in ▁some ▁way , ▁se ep ed ▁into ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁conscious ness ▁[ and ] ▁people ▁think ▁our ▁character ▁of ▁Joe ▁B iden ▁is ▁somehow ▁him ." ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Jonathan ▁Bern stein ▁at ▁Blo om berg ▁Op in ion ▁attributed ▁B iden ' s ▁image ▁to ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁The ▁On ions ▁character ▁and ▁the ▁vice ▁president ' s ▁own ▁actions ▁and ▁person ality . ▁" All ▁ve eps ▁become ▁rid icul ous ; ▁the ▁only ▁question ▁is ▁how ", ▁Bern stein ▁wrote , ▁and ▁" once ▁the ▁On ion ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁image , ▁it ▁seemed ▁to ▁fit ▁really ▁well ." ▁ ▁Because ▁the ▁character ▁contrast s ▁so ▁strongly ▁with ▁the ▁real ▁person , ▁some ▁comment ators ▁have ▁expressed ▁the ▁view ▁that ▁The ▁On ions ▁B iden ▁has , ▁to ▁some ▁degree , ▁supp l anted ▁the ▁real ▁B iden ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁imagination . ▁In ▁a ▁profile ▁of ▁B iden