According to the new book “Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency,” Cuomo did not deliver his recording of his speech until the day he was set to appear and used much of his remarks to tout his response to the coronavirus pandemic rather than praise Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee. When Biden’s aides asked him to refilm the speech, Cuomo refused, according to the book authored by The Hill's Amie Parnes and NBC News's Jonathan Allen. ADVERTISEMENT In his speech, Cuomo did not mention Biden until the final 10 seconds of his five-minute time slot. “They put his speech on our doorstep, lit it on fire, rang the doorbell, and then ran away,” said one person involved in the content production.