In a crowded field of presidential hopefuls, Democratic candidates are turning to an often-avoided subject in politics: Their personal lives.
Elizabeth Warren jokes at nearly every event about how she had to number her husbands. Amy Klobuchar used a debate stage to jest about raising money from ex-boyfriends during her first Senate race. Pete Buttigieg, whose rise was somewhat fueled by the fact that he would be the nation's first gay president, often says that he came out in 2015 because he"wanted to start to date." And Joe Biden often talks in deeply personal terms about his late son Beau, who died of cancer in 2015.
"The moment went viral, highlighting how an instant of openness can cast a candidate in a different light.Buttigieg is often asked directly about his marriage to Chasten Buttigieg, a point of interest because the South Bend, Indiana, mayor represents the first top-tier gay candidate from a major political party.
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