JOE BIDEN

By
SIDDHANT AGNIHOTRI
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M.Sc (Applied Physics)
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EARLY LIFE
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 EARLY LIFE
• Biden was born on November 20, 1942 to Catherine
Eugenia Biden and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr.
(November 13, 1915 – September 2, 2002).

• Biden's father was wealthy but had suffered several

financial setbacks by the time his son was born. In 1953,
the Bidens moved into an apartment in Claymont,
Delaware, where they lived for several years before
again moving to a house in Wilmington, Delaware.

• Joe Biden Sr. later became a successful used car

salesman, maintaining the family's middle-class
lifestyle.Biden attended the Archmere Academy in
Claymont.

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 EDUCATION

• He earned his bachelor's degree in 1965 from the

University of Delaware, with a double major in history
and political science.

• He told her he aimed to become a senator by the age of

30 and then president.He then entered Syracuse
University College of Law, later saying that he found law
school "the biggest bore in the world“.

• Biden received his Juris Doctor in 1968,graduating 76th

of 85 in his class. He was admitted to the Delaware bar
in 1969.
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• He has had a problem with stuttering throughout his life,
especially in his childhood and his early twenties, and
says he has helped reduce the problem by spending
many hours reciting poetry in front of a mirror.

• In 1969, Biden resumed practicing law in Wilmington

and Biden registered as a Democrat. He also started his
own firm, Biden and Walsh.

• He served on the County Council from 1970 to 1972

while continuing his private law practice. Biden's
candidacy in the 1972 U.S. Senate election in Delaware
presented an unusual circumstance.
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• On December 18, 1972, a few weeks after the election,

Biden's wife and one-year-old daughter Naomi were
killed in an automobile accident.

• Biden's sons Beau and Hunter survived the

accident.Doctors soon said both would make full
recoveries.Biden considered resigning to care for
them,but Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield
persuaded him not to.
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• At age 30 (the minimum age required to hold the
office), Biden became the sixth-youngest senator in
U.S. history, and one of only 18 who took office
before turning 31.

• Biden met his second wife, Jill, in 1975, and they

married in 1977.

• During his first years in the Senate, Biden focused on

consumer protection and environmental issues and
called for greater government accountability
 SENATOR(1973 – 2009)
• Biden was a longtime member of the U.S. Senate
Committee on the Judiciary. He chaired it from 1987 to
1995 and served as ranking minority member from 1981
to 1987 and from 1995 to 1997.
• Biden was involved in crafting many federal crime laws.
He spearheaded the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994, also known as the Biden
Crime Law, which included the Federal Assault
Weapons Ban, which expired in 2004 after its ten-year
sunset period and was not renewed
• As chairman of the International Narcotics Control
Caucus, Biden wrote the laws that created the U.S.
"Drug Czar", who oversees and coordinates national
drug control policy.
 SENATOR(1973 – 2009)

• Biden was a longtime member of the U.S. Senate

Committee on the Judiciary. He chaired it from 1987 to
1995 and served as ranking minority member from 1981
to 1987 and from 1995 to 1997.
• Biden was involved in crafting many federal crime laws.
He spearheaded the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994, also known as the Biden
Crime Law, which included the Federal Assault
Weapons Ban, which expired in 2004 after its ten-year
sunset period and was not renewed
• As chairman of the International Narcotics Control
Caucus, Biden wrote the laws that created the U.S.
"Drug Czar", who oversees and coordinates national
drug control policy.
 SENATOR
• Biden was a longtime member of the U.S. Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations. In 1997, he became
the ranking minority member and chaired the committee
in January 2001 and from June 2001 to 2003.

• When Democrats retook control of the Senate after the

2006 elections, Biden again assumed the top spot on
the committee

• Following his first election in 1972, Biden was

reelected to six more Senate terms, in 1978, 1984,
1990, 1996, 2002, and 2008, usually getting about
60% of the vote.[He did not face strong opposition.
 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN - 2008
• He declared his candidacy for president on January 31,
2007, after having discussed running for months.

• Overall, Biden had difficulty raising funds, struggled to

draw people to his rallies, and failed to gain traction
against the high-profile candidacies of Obama and
Senator Hillary Clinton; he never rose above single
digits in national polls of the Democratic candidates.

• Having gotten to know each other during 2007, Obama

appreciated Biden's campaigning style and appeal to
working-class voters, and Biden said he became
convinced that Obama was "the real deal".
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• Shortly following Biden's withdrawal from the
presidential race, Obama privately told him that he was
interested in finding an important place for Biden in his
administration.

• On August 22, 2008, Obama announced that Biden

would be his running mate

• Biden was officially nominated for vice president on

August 27 by voice vote at the 2008 Democratic
National Convention in Denver

• On November 4, 2008, Obama was elected president

and Biden was elected vice president.
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• Soon after the election, he was appointed chairman

of president-elect Obama's transition team. At noon
on January 20, 2009, Biden became the 47th vice
president of the United States

• Biden said Iraq "could be one of the great achievements

of this administration“ Biden was also in charge of the
oversight role for infrastructure spending from the
Obama stimulus package intended to help counteract
the ongoing recession.

• Biden was inaugurated to a second term on January

20, 2013.
 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

• Between 2016 and 2019, media outlets often mentioned

Biden as a likely candidate for president in 2020. A
political action committee known as Time for Biden was
formed in January 2018, seeking Biden's entry into the
race.

• Biden said he would decide whether to run or not by

January 2019,He launched his campaign on April 25,
2019.He chose Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as his
campaign headquarters.

• Throughout 2019, Biden led his Democratic rivals in the

national polls and was widely considered the front-
runner in the Democratic presidential primaries.
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• But after disappointing showings in the Iowa and New

Hampshire primary contests in early 2020, he fell to
second place behind Bernie Sanders in mid-February.

• With the suspension of the campaign of Bernie

Sanders on April 8, 2020, Biden became the
presumptive nominee for the presidential election
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