POLITICO Writing a speech for Biden can be hell. And that was before the inaugural. There is a heightened urgency to Biden's inaugural speech, as he confronts multiple crises and seeks to bridge a deep political divide. President-elect Joe Biden speaks at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center on Jan. 19 in New Castle, Del. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo Updated: Link Copied Joe Biden paces as he dictates long portions of his speeches to aides, spinning out thoughts that quickly pile into six, seven or eight paragraphs of copy, only to later be scrapped. On the 2020 campaign trail, he’d keep groups of supporters waiting inside while he’d hole up in a black car with aides, refining lines of his prepared remarks.