Many famous politicos and celebrities had paper routes, including Martin Luther King, Jr. (for the “Atlanta Journal Constitution”), actor Tom Cruise, entertainer Bob Hope, supermodel Kathy Ireland and president-elect Joe Biden. For Biden, the job was particularly meaningful because it forced him to improve his speech impediment by talking to customers when collecting payments.
“I lived in dread of Saturday mornings when I had to go collect [money] from people I was just getting to know," Biden
said. “
learned to anticipate the conversation to come.”
