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AN OVERVIEW OF

BIDEN’S POLITICALCARRIER



JOSEPH ROBINETTE "JOE" BIDEN, JR.

Is the 47th and current Vice

President of the United

States, jointly elected with

President Barack Obama !e

is a member of

the "emocratic Party and

was a United States

Senator from "elaware from

#anuary $, %&7$, until his

resi'nation on #anuary %(,

)**&, followin' his election tothe Vice Presidency

In )*%), Biden was elected to

a second term alon'side

Obama



Biden was bornin Scranton,

Pennsyl+ania, and li+ed

there for ten years before

mo+in' to "elaware !e

became an attorney in%&&, and was elected to

the -ew .astle .ounty

council in %&7*

Biden was first elected tothe Senate in %&7) and

became the si/th0youn'est

senator in US history



!e was re0elected to the Senate si/ times, and

was the fourth most senior senator at the

time of his resi'nation

Biden was a lon'0time member and former

chairman of the 1orei'n 2elations

.ommittee !is stron' ad+ocacy hel3ed brin' about US

military assistance and inter+ention durin'

the Bosnian ar !e o33osed the 5ulf

ar in %&&% !e +oted in fa+or of the Ira6

ar 2esolution in )**), but later 3ro3osed

resolutions to alter US strate'y there



!e has also ser+ed as

chairman of the Senate

#udiciary .ommittee,

dealin' with issues related

to dru' 3olicy, crime

3re+ention, and ci+il

liberties, and led creation of

the Violent .rime .ontroland aw 8nforcement

9ct and Violence 9'ainst

omen 9ct

!e chaired the #udiciary

.ommittee durin' thecontentious US Su3reme

.ourt nominations

of 2obert

Bork and .larence :homas



Biden unsuccessfully sought

the Democratic presidentialnomination in

1988 and 2008, both times

dropping out early in the

race.

Barack Obama selected

Biden to be the Democratic

arty nominee for !ice

resident in the 2008 ".#.

presidential election.

Biden is the first $oman

%atholic and the first

Dela&arean to become !ice

resident of the "nited

#tates.



9s Vice President, Biden has been hea+ily in+ol+ed

in Obama;s decision0makin' 3rocess and held the

o+ersi'ht role for infrastructure s3endin' from theObama stimulus 3acka'e aimed at counteractin'

the late0)***s recession !is ability to ne'otiate

with .on'ressional 2e3ublicans 3layed a key role

in brin'in' about the bi3artisan deals that resulted

in the :a/ 2elief, Unem3loyment Insurance

2eauthori<ation, and #ob .reation 9ct of

)*%* that resol+ed a ta/ation deadlock, the Bud'et

.ontrol 9ct of )*%% that resol+ed that year;s debt

ceilin' crisis, and the 9merican :a/3ayer 2elief9ct of )*%) that addressed the im3endin' =fiscal

cliff=



Joe Bidenmet his

second

wife, Jill

(here seendancing

together in

2009), in

1975 andthey married

in 1977

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Biden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Biden



"urin' his first years in the

Senate, Biden focused on

le'islation re'ardin'

consumer03rotection anden+ironmental issues and

called for 'reater

accountability on the 3art of

'o+ernment In mid0%&74,

freshman Senator Biden wasnamed one of the )** 1aces

for the

1uture by :ime ma'a<ine, in a

3rofile that mentioned what

had ha33ened to his family

and characteri<ed Biden as

=self0confident= and

=com3ulsi+ely ambitious=

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