Joe Biden doesn't need tires, and neither do you, America | Grist

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Everyone’s favorite avuncular veep, Joe Biden, went to the opening of a Costco in D.C., where he bought books and fire logs and a pie but NO CAR TIRES. Because Uncle Joe may be a regular guy who likes eating free samples and joking about taking a swing through the liquor department, but he does not drive. That’s for losers.

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Biden also ate several Costco food samples and appeared to enjoy them. (Who wouldn’t?)

But he turned down employees who tried to lure him to the tire department. “Hey man, I don’t need tires,” he said. “I don’t drive anymore.”

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That’s right — he may wash his Trans Am in the White House driveway, but Locomotive Joe is a train guy at heart. And if he can give up tires, and the cars they’re attached to, why not you, America?