Don't assume. Joe wasn't a homosexual. He also wasn't quite the " drunk ", at first; that's lefty propaganda. And NO, it was a far cry from a " witchhunt " !
Joe was correct, valiant, and a true HERO !
He looks drunk even at some of the hearings and he died of hepatitis a virus which mainly strikes longtime alchoholics. I don't buy into any leftist propaganda and he was a hero but he DID have character defects.