Joe Biden
Senior Senator from Delaware
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1973
Serving with Tom Carper
Preceded by J. Caleb Boggs
Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
In office January 4, 1987 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by Strom Thurmond
Succeeded by Orrin Hatch
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
In office January 3 – January 20, 2001
Preceded by Jesse Helms
Succeeded by Jesse Helms
In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by Jesse Helms
Succeeded by Dick Lugar
Incumbent
Assumed office January 4, 2007
Preceded by Dick Lugar
Chairman of the International Narcotics Control Caucus
Incumbent
Assumed office 2007
Deputy Chuck Grassley as co-chairman
Preceded by Chuck Grassley
Member of the New Castle County Council
In office 1970 – 1972
Born November 20, 1942 (1942-11-20) (age 65), Scranton, Pennsylvania
Political party Democratic
Spouse Neilia Hunter (deceased; m. 1966 – 1972), Jill Tracy Jacobs (m. 1977)
Children Joseph Biden III, Robert Hunter Biden, Naomi Christina Biden, Ashley Blazer Biden
Residence Wilmington, Delaware
Alma mater University of Delaware, Syracuse University College of Law
Profession Lawyer, Politician
Religion Roman Catholic
Website Senate office, VP campaign site, Senate campaign site
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is the senior United States Senator from Delaware. He is both the Democratic vice presidential nominee for the November 2008 election and a candidate for re-election in the U.S. Senate.
Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and lived there for ten years prior to moving to Delaware. He became an attorney in 1969 and was elected to a county council in 1970. Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972, and became the fifth-youngest senator in U.S. history. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, and 2002, and has served for the sixth-longest period among current senators.
Biden is a long-time member and current chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. His strong advocacy helped bring about U.S. military assistance and intervention during the Bosnian War. He voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution, but later proposed resolutions to alter U.S. strategy there. He has served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dealing with issues related to drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties, and led creation of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and Violence Against Women Act. He chaired the Judiciary Committee during the contentious U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.
Biden unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008, both times dropping out early in the process. Barack Obama selected Biden to be the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 U.S. election.
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