Biden bin Hiden was elected in 1972 to US Senate from Delaware.
Drew Pearson, investigative journalist, died September 1, 1969.
Not sure how Drew Pearson could have written about bin Hiden being voted by interns as the dumbest in Congress.
An aside: Among his organizational achievements, William F. Buckley, Jr. noted: “Founder, Nat. Com. to Horsewhip Drew Pearson, 1967.” (From his book “Racing Through Paradise: A Pacific Passage.)
Yes, I realized that after I posted. It must have been Jack Anderson’s book, and sometime in the seventies. I’ll have to research it further, though I am certain of what I read. I just don’t remember when!