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Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, wears his faith on his sleeve
Not since Jimmy Carter, a Baptist who has taught Bible classes well into his 90s, has the United States had a president whose life is so entwined with his faith as Joe Biden.A devout Catholic, the 78-year-old Biden is as apt to quote Scripture as he is his beloved Irish poets.Just the second Catholic president in US history – John F. Kennedy was the first – Biden wears his faith on his sleeve. Literally.Around his left wrist he often sports a rosary from the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in…