Biden launched his political career by beating him in 1972, but du Pont, who died Saturday, went on to become a great two-term GOP governor and conservative innovator.
Pete du Pont, the man who inadvertently may have jump-started Joe Biden’s political career in Delaware, passed away on Saturday at age 86.
Du Pont, an heir to one of the most successful corporate legacies in America, had a bigger impact on American government than his failed 1988…
