Joe Biden sexual assault allegation Background and previous allegations Tara Reade's U.S. House of Representatives identification badge photo Tara Reade worked as a staff assistant in Biden's U.S. Senate office from December 1992 to August 1993. At the time, she was in her late twenties. [1] [2] [3] [4] "Over the years, Reade spoke favorably about working for Biden", reported the Associated Press in 2020. [5] CNN wrote, "In more recent years, Reade has praised Biden on social media on numerous occasions." When a reporter asked her why, she said she feels conflicted about him, liking what he did politically for women's issues and noting, "Many things are true at once." [6] In April 2019, Reade contacted The Union , a local newspaper in Grass Valley, California about her employment working for Joe Biden. [7] Her position as a staff assistant in his Senate office in Washington, D.C., gave her responsibilities for the office's intern p