Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr. (1915–2002) and Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan (born 1918). He was the first of four siblings and is of Irish descent. He has two brothers, James Brian Biden and Francis W. Biden, and a sister, Valerie (Biden) Owens.
John McCain was born in 1936 at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama, to naval officer John S. McCain, Jr. (1911–1981) and Roberta (Wright) McCain (b. 1912). At that time, the Panama Canal was under U.S. control.
Being placed at the crossroads of different borders, Drobeta Tumu Severin has been an education centre irradiating towards the areas south of the Danube. Today, the town has 21 normal programme kindergartens, 12 extended programme kindergartens, 16 primary schools and gymnasiums, 9 secondary schools with various profiles.
TRAIAN Secondary School
At the beginning of the 1991-1992 school year, the first University College of Drobeta Tumu Severin opened its gates for the following profiles: economics, administration and secretarial work.