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About Joe Biden
Joe Biden is an American politician who, on January 20 2021, became the 46th president of the United States after defeating sitting President, Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
His Highlights/Legacy
He served as the Vice President of the United States under President Barack Obama. He is the first Roman Catholic Vice President of the United States. He has been an advisor to President Obama and has been responsible for many major Acts during his time in office.
He was against the Gulf War in 1991, but he advocated the U.S. and NATO intervention in the Bosnian War. He also supported the Iraq War in 2002, but he was against the surge of U.S. troops in 2007.
Joe Biden’s Educational Background
Biden had his high school education in Claymont, at a Roman Catholic preparatory school named, Archmere Academy. He completed his studies there in 1961. He continued at the University of Delaware, where he graduated in 1965, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history.
He earned a law degree in 1968 at the Syracuse University College of Law in New York. And in the following year, he gained admission into the Delaware State Bar Association.
Parents & Siblings
He is the oldest of Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. and Catherine Eugenia Finnegan’s four children. His brothers are James and Francis. He has a sister, who goes by the name, Valerie Biden Owens.
Marriages
Biden’s first marriage was in 1966, to an educator named, Neilia Hunter. Their union sadly came to end, in 1972, after Hunter lost her life in a car accident - the incident also claimed the life of their one year-old-daughter, Naomi.
Five years after the passing of his first wife, Biden tied the knot with Jill Tracy Jacobs.
Joe Biden’s Children
In addition to Naomi, his relationship with Hunter also produced two sons namely, Beau Biden and Hunter Biden. His first son, Beau, died in 2015 due to brain cancer - he was 46 years old.
In 1981 he and Tracy Jacobs had their first daughter together named, Ashley Biden.
His Grandchildren
The 46th U.S. president is a grandfather, who has grandchildren namely Natalie Biden, Robert Biden II, Finnegan Biden, Maisy Biden, and Naomi Biden.
Facts
He was elected into the Senate in 1972 and sworn in as a senator in January 1973. This made him the 6th youngest senator in the history of the U.S. – at the time he was only 30 years old.
In 2017 Biden was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama.
His victory over Trump made him the second non-sitting Vice President to be elected as President of the U.S. The first person to achieve that feat was Richard Nixon, who was elected as President in 1968.
He played basketball and football during his days in high school. And during his senior years, he served as class president.
He has a speech disorder known as dysphemia. He had a surgery, in February 1988, to correct a disorder known as brain aneurysm.
He met his wife, Jacobs, for the first time in 1975. The two met on a blind date, which was arranged by Biden’s brother.
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Famous quotes by Joe Biden
A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.Joe Biden
America doesn't have health insurance.Joe Biden
For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.Joe Biden
Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community.Joe Biden
I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.Joe Biden
I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.Joe Biden
I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I'll have a window with a view.Joe Biden
Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.Joe Biden
Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.Joe Biden
My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'Joe Biden
My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.Joe Biden
Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.Joe Biden
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.Joe Biden
Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest Wall Street regulations in history, turning Wall Street back into the allocator of capital it always has been and no longer a casino. And they want to repeal it.Joe Biden
The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.Joe Biden
The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.Joe Biden
The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.Joe Biden
There's a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days about Iraq.Joe Biden
There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.Joe Biden
This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.Joe Biden
This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.Joe Biden
We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.Joe Biden
We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.Joe Biden
Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!Joe Biden
You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.Joe Biden
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