Plagiarism and lies brought down Joe Biden in 1987. The Scranton native was a promising candidate for the Democratic Party's 1988 Presidential Nominee. But he bizarrely copied a speech by UK Labour Leader Neil Kinnock, even using personal details that didn't apply to his family. For example, during the speech in Iowa, he said that he was descended from coal miners which was simply untrue. The media picked up on this and dug deeper. They discovered he was also cited for plagiarism at law school i