FULL TEXT: Joe Biden's 2016 DNC Speech

Below is the full text of Vice President Joe Biden’s speech to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 27, 2016. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you, thank you, thank you. You've -- I love you. Ladies and gentlemen, eight years ago, I stood on a stage in Denver and I accepted your nomination to be vice president of the United States. And every single day since then, it's been the honor of our lives for Jill and me. Every day we've been grateful to Barack and Michelle for asking them to join us in this -- join them in that incredible journey. A journey -- a journey that can only happen in America. But we not only have worked together, as it becomes pretty obvious, we've become friends. We're now family. We're family. Folks, you've all seen over the last eight years what president Obama means to this country. He's the embodiment -- he is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character. One of the finest presidents we have ever...