During that first meeting, Joe assured Brayden that stuttering “has nothing to do with your intelligence quotient…or intellectual makeup.” Joe explained that while he was growing up, his mother would tell him “Don’t let this define you.”

Twenty seconds into his speech, Brayden started to stutter. He remained calm and continued delivering his powerful message. He explained how Joe Biden had shared a few successful methods that he had used to overcome his own stutter. For example, when Joe wrote out his own speeches, he marked the places where he needed to take breaks between words, to make them easier to say aloud. Brayden then held up a copy of his own speech and said, “I did the same thing today, and now I’m here talking to you today about the future; about our future.”