Essay | Is the Joke on Joe Biden?

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Joe Biden is the least-lampooned president since Eisenhower, and it’s not because he isn’t funny. Why can’t we laugh at politics anymore?

When Joe Biden says, “no joke,” as he so often does, he might as well be talking about the impact his first two years in office had on comedy. He has been the least lampooned president since Eisenhower—who, after all, didn’t have to worry about late-night monologues on multiple TV channels, YouTube mashups or savaging sketches on “Saturday Night Live.”

But here’s the funny thing about President Biden: Politics aside, the guy is a genuinely amusing character, with plenty of what comedians call “hooks.” He’s an occasionally confused octogenarian, sometimes frisky with facts and inclined to spend five minutes telling a one-minute story. When he dons the type of dark aviator glasses that looked good on Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Joe Biden is comedy gold.

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