| STUTTER | Early challenge overcome by Joe Biden |
| LSAT | Early challenge for Barack and Michelle Obama, for short |
| BRUCE | _ Springsteen, aka "The Boss", recently honoured by Joe Biden (5) |
| NAVY | ___ Jones (Granddaughter recently acknowledged by Joe Biden) (4) |
| TRIUMPH | Source of income claimed by Joe Biden, having head start, becomes a success (7) |
| PROMISES | ___ to Keep: On Life and Politics book written by Joe Biden before he became a US president |
| SPRINGSTEEN | Musician nicknamed "the Boss", honoured by Joe Biden recently (5,11) |
| DEMOCRAT | A member of the US political party represented by Joe Biden (8) |
| BLINKEN | Antony ******* , US Secretary of Sate appointed by Joe Biden in 2021 (7) |
| JIMTHORPE | Native American Olympic gold medalist and NFL All-Pro posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden: 2 wds. |
| ERA | Legislation controversially declared "the law of the land" by Joe Biden in 2025: Abbr. |
| SON | Hunter Biden, to Joe Biden |
| WEDIDIT | First three words famously said by Kamala Harris to Joe Biden upon winning the 2020 election |
| DONOR | Person called to action by one of those "Joe Biden here" text messages |
| KEVINNEALON | He's done Joe Biden, Sam Donaldson, and Michael Deaver |
| AMTRAK | It often took Joe Biden home |
| VICE | ___ President Joe Biden |
| VPS | Joe Biden and Dick Cheney, for example: Abbr. |
| VEEPS | Al Gore and Joe Biden, e.g. |
| DEL | State for which Joe Biden was a senator: Abbr. |
