In a nutshell (no pun intended) self-esteem is the rational belief and confidence in one's own ability and value.
At least as an adult, to the other day's shameful demonstration of its absence in Maui when predictably he told a fire story yet again about himself, he has had little if any.
His pathetic search for authentic self-esteem has been ugly to watch and near fatal to bear.
But it explains why Joe Biden is Joe Biden.
