VIDEO: Greg Kinnear Talks Playing Joe Biden in HBO's CONFIRMATION

In CONFIRMATION an upcoming TV-movie about the contentious confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 1991, actor Greg Kinnear plays Joe Biden, then a senator, and tells TODAY he was “a little nervous” about tackling such a well-known public figure – although the hairstylists on the film helped him capture the “follically-challenged” Biden.

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