Jill Biden: Classrooms will 'ring out with laughter and possibility once again' if Joe wins

Jill Biden, wife of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, said Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention that classrooms across the nation "will ring out with laughter and possibility once again" if her husband is elected president.

"There are those who want to tell us that our country is hopelessly divided, that our differences are irreconcilable. But that’s not what I’ve seen over these months," Biden, an educator, said during her speech for the convention, filmed at her old classroom at Brandywine High School in Delaware. 

"We’re coming together and holding on to each other. We’re finding mercy and grace in the moments we might have once taken for granted. We’re seeing that our differences are precious and our similarities infinite," she also said.

Biden highlighted how her husband continued to move forward in life after the death of their son Beau from cancer.

"Joe’s purpose has always driven him forward. His strength of will is unstoppable, and his faith is unshakable because it’s not in politicians or political parties or even himself. It’s in the providence of God. His faith is in you, in us," she said.

Biden said that change is "in the air" in America as the nation faces the coronavirus pandemic.

"Yes, so many classrooms are quiet right now. The playgrounds are still. But if you listen closely, you can hear the sparks of change in the air," she said. "Across the country, educators, parents, first responders, Americans of all walks of life are putting their shoulders back, fighting for each other. We haven’t given up."

Biden said the U.S. needs "honest leadership to bring us back together" and recover from the pandemic and prepare for what comes next.

"Leadership to reimagine what our nation will be. That’s Joe. He and [running mate] Kamala [Harris] will work as hard as you do, every day, to make this nation better. And if I have the honor of serving as your first lady, I will too," she said. "And with Joe as president, these classrooms will ring out with laughter and possibility once again."

She concluded her speech by saying that her husband would "bring us together and make us whole" as a country if elected president.