![]() ![]() At a party months later at the vice president’s residence at the Naval Observatory, Licht credited Biden for saving his life. The incident was the beginning of Licht’s friendship with Biden, which he describes in his book, “What I Learned When I Almost Died: How a Maniac TV Producer Put Down His BlackBerry and Started to Live His Life.” While Licht was still in the hospital, Biden periodically checked in with him and his wife. Biden ended up calling the hospital and connecting Licht with a top neurosurgeon, who quickly assessed the severity of Licht's condition and made treating the MSNBC producer a top priority. ![]() After Scarborough remembered that Biden had suffered two brain aneurysms, Brzezinski called the then-vice president, with whom she had a decades-long relationship. While there, he was visited by program hosts JOE SCARBOROUGH and MIKA BRZEZINSKI. In his 2011 memoir, CHRIS LICHT, then the executive producer of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” described how he suffered a brain aneurysm in 2010 and rushed to George Washington University hospital, where his life “moved closer to the abyss’ edge.” ![]() The new boss of CNN said he owes JOE BIDEN his life. Send tips | Subscribe here| Email Alex | Email Max Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.
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