Joe Biden Wiki, Bio, Age, Career and Profile

Joe Biden is the president of the United States. He also served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2008-2016. He briefly worked as an attorney before turning to politics. He became the fifth-youngest U.S. senator in history as well as Delaware’s longest-serving senator.

Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942, grew up in the blue collar city of Scranton in northeast Pennsylvania. His father, Joseph Biden Sr., worked cleaning furnaces and as a used car salesman. His mother was Catherine Eugenia “Jean” Finnegan. He attended St. Paul’s Elementary School in Scranton. In 1955, when he was 13 years old, the family moved to Mayfield, Delaware, a rapidly growing middle-class community sustained primarily by the nearby DuPont chemical company. As a child, he struggled with a stutter, and kids called him “Dash” and “Joe Impedimenta” to mock him. He eventually overcame his speech impediment by memorizing long passages of poetry and reciting them out loud in front of the mirror.

Biden attended the St. Helena School until he gained acceptance into the prestigious Archmere Academy. Biden attended the nearby University of Delaware, where he studied history and political science and played football. On a spring break trip to the Bahamas during his junior year, Biden met a Syracuse University student named Neilia Hunter and, in his own words, “fell ass over tin cup in love at first sight.” Encouraged by his new love, he applied himself more fully to his studies and was accepted into the Syracuse University Law School upon his graduation from Delaware in 1965. Biden and Hunter married the next year, in 1966. Biden had three children: Joseph “Beau” (born in 1969), Robert “Hunter” (born in 1970) and Naomi “Amy” (born in 1971). Biden has been married to his second wife, Jill Biden, since 1977. The couple’s daughter, Ashley, was born in 1981.

After graduating from law school in 1968, Biden moved to Wilmington, Delaware, to begin practicing at a law firm. He also became an active member of the Democratic Party, and in 1970 he was elected to the New Castle County Council. While serving as councilman, in 1971, Biden started his own law firm. In 1972, the Delaware Democratic Party encouraged a 29-year-old Biden to run against the popular Republican incumbent J. Caleb Boggs for the United States Senate. Although few thought he stood any chance, Biden ran a tireless campaign organized mostly by family members. His sister, Valerie Biden Owens, served as his campaign manager, and both of his parents campaigned daily. That November, in a tight race with a large turnout, Biden won an upset victory to become the fifth-youngest U.S. senator elected in the nation’s history.

From 1973 to 2009, Biden served a distinguished Senate career. During his time in the Senate, Biden won respect as one of the body’s leading foreign policy experts, serving as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations for several years. On November 2, 2008, Barack Obama and Joe Biden convincingly defeated the Republican ticket of Arizona Senator John McCain and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. On January 20, 2009, Obama was sworn in as the 44th U.S. president and Biden became the 47th vice president.

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In August 2020, Biden officially became the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee. On November 7, 2020, four days after election day, Biden was declared as the 46th president after winning Pennsylvania. Along with earning a record 74 million-plus votes, the soon-to-be 78-year-old was set to become the oldest president in the nation’s history.

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• Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA as Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
• His father, Joseph Biden Sr., worked cleaning furnaces and as a used car salesman.
• Biden credits his parents with instilling in him toughness, hard work and perseverance.
• As a child, Biden struggled with a stutter, and kids called him “Dash” and “Joe Impedimenta” to mock him.
• He had to work by washing the school windows and weeding the gardens to help his family afford tuition.
• On a spring break trip to the Bahamas during his junior year, Biden met a Syracuse University student named Neilia Hunter and, in his own words, “fell ass over tin cup in love at first sight.”
• Encouraged by his new love, he applied himself more fully to his studies and was accepted into the Syracuse University Law School upon his graduation from Delaware in 1965. Biden and Hunter married the next year, in 1966.
• After graduating from law school in 1968, Biden moved to Wilmington, Delaware, to begin practicing at a law firm. He also became an active member of the Democratic Party.
• In 1972, the Delaware Democratic Party encouraged a 29 year old Biden to run against the popular Republican incumbent J. Caleb Boggs for the United States Senate.
• In a tight race with a large turnout, Biden won an upset victory to become the third youngest person ever elected as a U.S. senator in history, several weeks before his 30th birthday.
• In 1972, his wife and small daughter were killed in a car crash, and severely injured both of his sons, Beau and Hunter. Biden was inconsolable and even considered suicide.
• He has been married to his second wife, Jill Biden, since 1977. The couple’s daughter, Ashley, was born in 1981.
• From 1973 to 2009, Biden served a distinguished Senate career. During his time in the Senate, Biden won respect as one of the body’s leading foreign policy experts, serving as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations for several years.
• In 2007, 20 years after his first unsuccessful presidential bid, Biden once again decided to run for the U.S. presidency. Despite his years of experience in the Senate, however, Biden’s campaign failed to generate much momentum.
• In 2008, Democratic nominee Barack Obama selected him as his VP.
• On January 20, 2009, Obama was sworn in as the 44th U.S. president and Biden became the 47th vice president.
• Obama defeated Romney in the 2012 election, earning a second term as president and Biden another term as vice president.
• On May 30, 2015, Biden suffered another personal loss when his son Beau died at the age of 46, after battling brain cancer.
• In 2017, at the close of his administration, Obama presented Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
• On April 25, 2019, Biden delivered the expected news that he was running for president in 2020.
• On August 11, 2020, Biden announced Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate.
• In August 2020, Biden officially became the Democratic presidential nominee.
• On November 7, 2020, four days after election day, Biden was declared as the 46th president-elect after winning Pennsylvania.
• He smashed election records, earning more votes than any presidential candidate in US history. Former President Barack Obama held the record since 2008.
• He received a record 81.3 million votes, surpassing Barack Obama’s 69.5 million votes in 2008 as the most received by a presidential candidate.
• Biden became the first president from Delaware, the second Catholic president after John F. Kennedy, and the oldest president ever taking office at age 78, surpassing Ronald Reagan who left office at 77.
• He is the first US President born during World War II.
• He is older than 4 of his presidential predecessors : Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
• He is the first US president to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom before becoming president. While other presidents have been awarded it it was after their terms in office.

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