All of Biden's Way to the Oval Office | Israel today

He was sworn in to the Senate after losing his wife and daughter in a car accident • For 8 years he served as Obama's deputy • This was the political path of the 46th president, which opened in 1972

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After a long and tumultuous election campaign, historic confrontations and a challenge to democracy, the White House is ready for the entry of the new tenant.

Joseph Rubin Biden Jr. is the 46th President of the United States. The professional, institutional and experienced politician, who has known the American political system from the inside since the late 1960s, will now try to mend the many rifts in American society.

"I will be the president of all Americans";

Joe Biden sworn in in Washington // Photo: Reuters

Biden was elected by Barack Obama to serve as vice president precisely because of his extraordinary acquaintance with Washington, which was acquired during seven terms in the U.S. Senate, his high personal loyalty and adherence to the values ​​of the Renewable Democratic Party, founded in the 1960s and 1970s. period.

He is 77 years old, an unprecedented age for an American president beginning his term.

In contrast, Ronald Reagan, a senior U.S. president, has ended his second term at Biden's age today.

Biden was born into a lower-middle-class Catholic family that moved to the state of Delaware.

Already at school age the young Biden discovered, in addition to talent in football and baseball, leadership ability and a political conscience.

He participated in a protest against the racial segregation and discrimination of African-Americans in housing.

He began his political career as an intern with a Republican congressman.

Back to the past

After completing his doctorate in law, Biden joined the Democratic Party and was elected a councilor in New Castel, his county of residence.

Biden married Neila Hunter and the couple had three children, two sons, Bo and Hunter, and a daughter named Naomi Christina.

In 1972, Biden ran for a Senate seat on behalf of the state of Delaware.

Biden, who was then a young and anonymous candidate, faced a well-known and well-known Republican opponent named James Boggs.

No Democratic candidate wanted to face the veteran Boggs, but Biden, an energetic and handsome young man, managed to sweep voters behind him and defeat Boggs.

But alongside the impressive victory, Biden suffered a severe disaster.

His wife and toddler daughter were killed in a car accident and his two sons were moderately injured in the accident.

Biden was sworn in to the Senate in a conference room at the hospital where his sons were hospitalized.

So he began his political career while mentally broken and caring for two boys in the process of rehabilitation.

Despite this, the energetic Joe did not give up on his political career and went on to win post after term in office in the Senate.

He is considered an eloquent speaker, albeit somewhat lengthy, and took part in some of the important reforms passed by the Democrats in the second half of the 20th century.

Biden is considered one of the "poorest" senators with a personal fortune estimated at a few hundred thousand dollars.

He remarried in 1981 to Jill Jacobs and they had a daughter.

Biden claimed that his relationship with Jill saved his life and his political career.

Israel is tense

In 2007, Biden ran for the Democratic nomination in the presidential race.

It was the second time Biden had tried his luck among the Democratic electorate, and he had a hard time raising funds and attracting fans.

An unfortunate word of mouth towards an African-American candidate has sealed the lid on Biden's campaign.

The same African-American candidate was Biden's partner on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Barack Obama.

The two were not political allies, but Obama was impressed with Biden's ability to appeal to middle-class voters and the energy he puts into his campaign.

Obama later elected Biden as his deputy, starting eight years in which Biden served as vice president.

During his tenure as vice president, Biden has dealt with a wide range of areas of legislation and has taken an active part in shaping the Obama administration's foreign policy.

During his tenure in the Obama administration, Biden took part in disputes that arose between the administration and Jerusalem.

Biden himself even took a clear stance when he boycotted Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress in 2012.

However, Biden is considered a clear representative of the pro-Israel camp in the Democratic Party, parts of which are increasingly officers in their anti-Israel policies.

Biden's legislative record is clearly considered pro-Israel, and over the years he has not spared any sympathetic statements to Israel.

As a Democratic candidate, Biden offers a kind of compromise regarding President Trump's policy toward Israel.

On the one hand, Biden refrained from declaring that he would return the U.S. embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, as his rival Bernie Sanders did, but he stated that he would work to reach an agreement with Iran similar to the nuclear deal he signed as part of the Obama administration.

The burden of proof

Along with his rich experience, his familiarity with the U.S. political system and the global arena, Biden is not without scandals and conduct that could have undermined his chances of being elected.

Even before he officially won the Democratic nomination in the presidential race, Biden managed to get involved in a variety of scandals.

The first of which is the entanglement of the Democratic candidate's son, Hunter Biden, in a corruption case in which the son's conduct vis-à-vis the Ukrainian authorities was suspected as part of his role as a lobbyist for an American company.

Although no criminal proceedings, the affair, and President Trump's involvement in trying to investigate it were taken against Biden's son, they marked Biden as engrossed in capital-government ties and cracked the clean image he had developed over the years.

Another affair that could have hurt him is a complaint filed against him by Terra Reed, who worked as an intern in his office in the 1990s, because the senator sexually assaulted her.

Six other women claimed Biden sexually harassed them, but did not file a complaint.

Biden denied the allegations.