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Full Name: Joe Biden
Date of Birth: November 20, 1942 (age 78)
Place of Birth: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
Citizenship: American
Political party: Democratic (1969–present)
Other political: affiliations Independent (before 1969)
Education: University of Delaware (BA) Syracuse University (JD)
Occupation: Politician, lawyer, author
Awards: List of honors and awards
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Father Name: Joseph Robinette Biden Sr.
Mother Name: Catherine Eugenia Finnegan
Spouse: Neilia Hunter
Children: 4
- Beau
- Hunter
- Naomi
- Ashley
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Joe Biden Biography:
- Joseph Robinette Biden born November 20, 1942. It is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States.
- A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
- Born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and later in New Castle County, Delaware, Biden studied at the University of Delaware before earning his law degree from Syracuse University in 1968.
- He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and became the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history after he was elected to the United States Senate from Delaware in 1972, at age 29.
- Biden was the chair or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years and was influential in foreign affairs during Obama’s presidency.
- He also chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1987 to 1995, dealing with drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties issues; led the effort to pass the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act; and oversaw six U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.
- He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008.
- Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris defeated incumbent president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence in the 2020 presidential election. He is the oldest elected president and the first to have a female vice president.
( Last Updated : 01 July 2021)
