Schenectady

Former Vice President Joe Biden will appear at Proctors at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, for a speaking engagement that is part of a 19-city, monthlong promotional tour for his forthcoming memoir, "Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose."

Tickets for the event, which go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, July 28, include a copy of the book. It chronicles Biden's life during 2015, when, according to promotional material, "the vice president balanced the twin imperatives of living up to his responsibilities to his country and his family while his son Beau battled brain cancer. Never far away was the insistent question of whether he should seek the presidency in 2016."

Tickets are priced at $75 to $150 ($300 for a VIP package with meet-and-greet). They will be available at www.proctors.org, by calling 346-6204 or at the Proctors box office, 432 State St., Schenectady.

The goal of Biden's tour, according to promotional material, is to develop a "series of conversations that will go beyond the 24-hour news cycle and 140-character arguments to connect friends and neighbors around the topics that matter most."

In a statement accompanying the tour announcement, Biden said, "I have always been fortunate to have an incredible support system around me, and I understand how many people in this country go through far worse than I have, with far less support. I hope my own story will strike a chord with other Americans who have walked the same path I have.

"I'm looking forward to talking with people all over the country on this book tour, not only about my experiences, but about how much we have in common, and what we can do together to continue to build on the great promise of America," Biden said.