JOSEPH R. BIDEN
Vice President elect of the United States of America
Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden, Jr., born November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Son of Jean and Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr.
Graduated from Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, 1961
Received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in Newark in 1965 and earned his J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968
While in law school, married Neilia Hunter; three children, Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III, Robert Hunter and Naomi Christina. Shortly after his first election to the Senate in 1972, his wife and daughter were killed in a car crash and his sons were seriously injured, although eventually recovered
Practiced law in Wilmington, Delaware beginning in 1969
Served on the New Castle County Council from 1970 to 1972
Beat Republican incumbent J. Caleb Boggs for his U.S. Senate seat in 1972, becoming the fifth-youngest senator in U.S. history when he took office at age 30
Married Jill Tracy Jacobs in 1977; one daughter, Ashley
Long time member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, serving as its chairman from 1987 to 1995
Longtime member and current chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he also chaired from 2001 to 2003
Instrumental in stopping the genocide and ending to conflict in the Balkans in the 1990s
Ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1988 and 2008
Became Senator Barack Obama's running mate on August 23, 2008
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