Rob Kearney details relationship with ‘cousin’ Joe Biden
Independent, Rob said: ‘Well, I was messaging Biden’s brother, Jim, the day before, and he had told me that he had won – I think maybe 24 hours before CNN had officially given it the all-clear, they had known.’‘So there was a bit of tongue-in-cheek because he hadn’t been announced as president yet, but I knew he was president-elect.’But how would Rob have that kind of ‘in’ with Biden?Explaining the connection, the athlete said ‘Himself and my dad are fifth cousins so I don’t know where that leaves me in terms of removed, or sixth… I just say “cousin”.’Joe’s team found the connection and since then, Rob and his younger brother Dave were invited to an Irish State dinner in Farmleigh House in Phoenix Park, and following this, they were also