Overview

• Biden secured a roughly $10 million advance from Hachette Book Group’s Little, Brown & Company for his post-presidential memoir.
• The advance compares with the $60 million joint deal struck by Barack and Michelle Obama and the $15 million that Bill Clinton received in 2004.
• Little, Brown & Company has not yet set a publication date for the memoir.
• Biden has said he is “working my tail off” to finish the manuscript, which will focus on his four years in the White House.
• His recent diagnosis of an aggressive, hormone-sensitive form of prostate cancer may influence both the completion timeline and publicity plans.