Delaware State Sen. Sarah McBride, who is favored to become the first transgender member of Congress after winning the Democratic primary this week, received a congratulatory call on Wednesday from a powerful friend and ally: President Joe Biden.
The president shared details about their conversation with the Washington Blade during an exclusive interview in the Oval Office on Thursday, which will be available to read online early next week. “I called her and I said, ‘Sarah,’ I said, ‘Beau’s looking down from heaven, congratulating you,'” Biden said, referring to his late son, who had served as attorney general of Delaware before his death from cancer in 2015.
McBride had worked on Beau Biden’s campaign in 2006 and on his reelection campaign in 2010. Two years later, when she came out as transgender, the AG called to say, “I’m so proud of you.
I love you, and you’re still a part of the Biden family.” The president told the Blade that McBride welled with emotion — “she started to fill up” — as she responded that the “‘only reason I’m here is because of Beau.