Joe Biden’s political life always has played out against one soundtrack; it came in 12/8 time and was written by Phil Spector, an inspiration that came from his father’s tombstone. It went this way: To know, know, know him Is to love, love, love him.
The song came out when Biden was a sophomore at Archmere Academy, the year before he became class president. Fourteen years later, when he was a longs…