12 Staffers Just For Joe Biden

Investor's Business Daily reports that even during the so-called "government shutdown", Vice President Joe Biden will have 12 staff present as they are deemed "essential". And do note that that number does not include Secret Service body guards that protects him. As IBD asks, what do these 12 people do exactly, make sure that the notoriously gaffe-prone Biden doesn't make any more gaffes?