I like Beau Biden and have no problem with him filling his father’s Senate seat, but I don’t think his past service as Delaware’s attorney general really erases the dynastic stain. It’s not like he ran for attorney general then married into the Biden family. Rather, his political history shows that this won’t be the first elected political office he held because he happened to be born to Joe Biden.

On a related note, does anyone have any idea as to whether Beau Biden was a good attorney general or not?

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.