A video of Joe Biden speaking about the dangers of NATO expanding in 1997 has resurfaced and gone viral on social media. In the video, Joe Biden warns that the Baltic states, namely Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, joining NATO could result in hostility from Russia. ... The clip was from a speech Joe Biden made at the Atlantic Council of the U.S. on June 18, 1997. "I think the one place where the greatest consternation would be caused in the short-term for admission [to NATO], having nothing to do with the merit and preparedness of the country to come in,...