Joe Biden's life could be counted from success: as a child he overcame his stuttering, at age 29 he was elected United States Senator and in 2008 he became Vice President of his country.
But there is another side to his personality clearly marked by his tragedies: a few weeks before starting work in the Senate, he lost his first wife and young daughter in a serious traffic accident.
The first time he tried to be president of the United States, in 1987, his campaign ended prematurely with his retirement after being accused of plagiarism.
And his eldest son Beau, an Iraq veteran and rising star of the Democratic Party, died of cancer prematurely in 2015, at age 46.
“He is an extraordinary man.
With an extraordinary public service career, ”former President Barack Obama said of him on the day he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, just before they both said goodbye to the White House in 2017 after two terms.
His long political career positions him as one of the most experienced candidates in the history of his country, although he has also been a double-edged sword during the campaign.
This is a review of his life and the moments that have marked him until today.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden, at the White House in 2015. On video, Biden's after presidential campaigns (Video: EPV)
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