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Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States after defeating Donald Trump in the November 2020 election. For more than 35 years, Biden represented Delaware in the United States Senate.
He resigned in 2009 to become Barack Obama's vice president.
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"We must restore the soul of America," Biden said in his first address to the nation as president-elect.
"Our nation is shaped by the constant battle between our best angels and our darkest impulses. And what the presidents say in this battle is important. It is time for our best angels to prevail."
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Biden holds his sons Beau, left, and Hunter, while attending a Democratic convention in Delaware in 1972. In the center is his first wife, Neilia, and later.
On the left are future Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt and his wife, Jeanne.
Biden, a member of the New Castle County Council, ran for one of the US Senate seats in Delaware, and won that November at age 29.
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Biden cuts a cake at his 30th birthday party in November 1972, shortly after winning the Senate election.
A few weeks later, Neilia Biden was killed in a car accident while doing Christmas shopping.
His young daughter, Naomi, also died in the accident.
The two children were seriously injured, but survived.
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Biden speaks with then-President Jimmy Carter at a fundraising event in Delaware in 1978. Later that year, Biden was re-elected to the Senate.
He continued to be reelected until he resigned in 2009 and became Barack Obama's vice president.
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Biden talks to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat after the signing of the Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel in 1979. (Credit: US Senate)
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In 1987, Biden entered the 1988 presidential race. But he dropped out three months later after reports of plagiarism and false claims about his academic record.
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In February 1988, Biden underwent surgery to repair an aneurysm in an artery that supplies blood to the brain.
Here, he is shown sitting in his office after returning to work.
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Biden, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, laughs with students while visiting a high school in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2002. (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)
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Biden, second from left, participates in a 2007 presidential debate with other Democratic candidates.
With Biden, from left to right, are John Edwards, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
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Biden signs his book "Promises to Keep" at the National Press Club in Washington in 2007. (Credit: The Washington Times / Landov)
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Biden takes the oath of vice president alongside his second wife, Jill, in January 2009. Biden had to resign from the Senate, where he had held the post since 1973. (Credit: Elise Amendola / AP)
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Biden and Obama embrace after Obama's health care reform - known as Obamacare - was passed in March 2009. It was the largest expansion of health care guarantees in more than four decades, and it represented a significant step toward the goal of universal coverage, which every Democratic president since Harry Truman had sought.
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Biden sits with Obama and members of Obama's national security team as they monitor the mission against Osama bin Laden in May 2011 (Editor's note: Classified document in front of Hillary Clinton was obscured by the White House.) (Credit: The White House / Getty Images)
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Biden speaks at the Democratic Party convention in Florida in October 2011. Biden said he and Obama had made progress in solving problems inherited from the Republicans, but said the Republican Party was using filibuster tactics to prevent the administration from doing more. for the economy and the middle class.
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Biden whistles to get someone's attention while with a high school marching band in Euclid, Ohio, in November 2011. (Amy Sancetta / AP)
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Obama and Biden laugh together while attending a basketball game in July 2012. (Credit: Patrick Smith / Getty Images)
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Biden speaks on the last day of the Democratic National Convention in September 2012. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
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Biden talks to some motorcyclists at a Seaman, Ohio restaurant in September 2012. (Credit: Carolyn Kaster / AP)
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Biden holds a baby during a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in September 2012. (Credit: Stacy Bengs / AP)
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Biden debates with US Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate, in the run-up to the 2012 election. (Credit: Charlie Neibergall / AP)
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Biden salutes while boarding Air Force One in November 2012. (Credit: Matt Rourke / AP)
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Biden makes a cameo on the television show "Parks and Recreation" in 2012. The show's main character, played by Amy Poehler, touched Biden's face and giggled when they met.
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Biden overhears Obama talk about gun reform in December 2012. In the wake of a Connecticut elementary school shooting, Obama chose Biden to lead an administration-wide effort against gun violence.
But fierce resistance to the new gun legislation thwarted almost all of the administration's plans.
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Biden presents a certificate of vote to United States Representative Robert Brady as Congress officially counted Electoral College votes in January 2013. Obama and Biden were elected to a second term in November 2012. (Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images )
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Biden and his wife, Jill, dance during a housewarming dance in January 2013. (Credit: Mario Tama / Getty Images)
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Biden presents the Medal of Valor to William Reynolds, a battalion chief for the Virginia Beach Fire Department, during a ceremony in Washington in February 2013. Biden presented the award to public safety officers who had demonstrated exceptional courage, regardless of your personal safety, in an attempt to save or protect others from harm.
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Biden prepares to buy ice cream in Portland, Oregon, in October 2014. He was in Portland campaigning for US Senator Jeff Merkley.
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Biden tours a dredging barge along the Delaware River in October 2014. During his visit, the vice president discussed the importance of investing in the nation's infrastructure.
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Biden talks to Stephanie Carter as her husband, Ashton Carter, delivers a speech at the White House in February 2015. Ashton Carter had just been sworn in as the country's new Defense Secretary, but it was Biden's close whisper that went viral on social media.
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Biden wears his signature aviator sunglasses as he addresses students graduating from Yale University in May 2015. (Credit: Jessica Hill / AP)
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Biden pauses with his family when they enter to visit the remains of his son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, in June 2015. Biden's eldest son died at 46 after a battle with brain cancer.
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Biden and Obama share a moment at the White House, where Obama spoke at a reception honoring Hispanic Heritage Month in October 2015. (Credit: Susan Walsh / AP)
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Biden points to Obama during Obama's last State of the Union address in January 2016. (Credit: Pool / Sipa USA / AP)
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Biden speaks onstage at the Academy Awards in February 2016. Before introducing Lady Gaga's rendition of "Til It Happens to You," Biden encouraged Americans to take action against sexual assault on college campuses.
"Let's change the culture," Biden said.
"We must, and we can."
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Biden greets the crowd before speaking at the Democratic National Convention in July 2016. (Credit: Aaron P. Bernstein / Getty Images)
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Biden surprises Obama on his birthday in August 2016. (Credit: Pete Souza / White House)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets Biden on an airport runway in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in August 2016. (Credit: Carolyn Kaster / AP)
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Biden greets Ruth Bonner, 99.
She is the daughter of a slave who escaped to freedom.
Bonner and her husband attended the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of Black History and Culture in September 2016. (Credit: Pete Souza / Casa Blanca)
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Biden shakes hands with his successor, Mike Pence, after having lunch in Washington in November 2016. (Credit: Cliff Owen / AP)
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Biden wipes his tears when Obama surprises him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in January 2017. "For your faith in Americans, for your love for the country, and for your lifelong service that will endure for generations, I would like to ask you to the military aide to join us on stage, "Obama said at the ceremony.
"For the last time as president, I am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom."
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Biden poses for a photo with a dog named Biden while greeting a crowd on Capitol Hill in March 2017. (Credit: Susan Walsh / AP)
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Biden speaks at a fundraising dinner for New Hampshire Democrats in April 2017. Biden, who aides say was nowhere near making a decision on whether to run for president in 2020, addressed the question head-on.
"Guys, I'm not running!" He said with a smile, as the audience in the hotel ballroom booed in response.
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Biden tosses his jacket offstage as he begins speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh in April 2019. Days earlier, he announced that he would run for president for the third time.
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California Sen. Kamala Harris confronts Biden during the first Democratic debates in June 2019. Harris attacked Biden for his opposition early in his federally mandated bus career.
"I was not opposed to buses in America," Biden told Harris.
"What I opposed is transportation ordered by the Department of Education."
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Biden takes a selfie with his fans in Detroit after CNN's Democratic debates in July 2019 (Credit: Gabriella Demczuk for CNN)
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Biden is questioned about his son Hunter during a campaign stop in New Hampton, Iowa, in December 2019. Biden was visibly frustrated with the man and called him a "bloody liar" after the man accused Biden of sending his son to Ukraine "to get a job and work for a gas company, he had no experience with gas, nothing."
Hunter Biden served on the board of a Ukrainian gas company while his father was vice president.
He said recently that he used "bad judgment" by serving on the company's board while his father pushed for anti-corruption measures in Ukraine on behalf of the US government, but added that he did nothing wrong.
There is no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Joe or Hunter Biden.
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Biden speaks with Jacquelyn Brittany, a security guard for The New York Times, in December 2019. Brittany was escorting Biden to a meeting of the Times editorial board when she said, "I love you. Seriously. You're my favorite."
The exchange aired as part of the Times television series "The Weekly" and circulated on social media.
In August 2020, Brittany delivered the first official speech to Biden for president at the Democratic National Convention.
"I always bring powerful people to my elevator," Brittany said.
"When they get off, they go to their important meetings. I just go back to the lobby. But in the short time I spent with Joe Biden, I realized that he really saw me. That he really cared, that my life meant something to him. And I knew that even when he attended his important meeting, he would take my story with him. "
Biden replied on Twitter: "Jacquelyn: Your application means a lot to me. Thank you, and I hope you know: we love you too."
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Biden speaks at a meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, in February 2020. He finished a fourth in that state's Democratic primary.
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Biden rebounded from early setbacks in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada.
He won the South Carolina primary in February 2020. "Just a few days ago the press and experts had declared this candidacy dead," Biden said in his speech to his supporters.
"Thanks to you, the heart of the Democratic Party, we just won and we won big thanks to you. We are very much alive."
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Biden puts his hands on Pete Buttigieg's shoulders when he endorsed him in his campaign for president in March 2020. Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had just retired from the Democratic race.
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Biden's wife, Jill, blocks a protester who took the stage during his Super Tuesday speech in Los Angeles in March 2020. The protester held a sign that read "Dairy Die."
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Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris greet each other at a Detroit high school while attending a "Get Out the Vote" Event in March 2020. Harris had withdrawn from the presidential race a few months earlier.
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Biden has an irritable exchange about gun rights while touring a Fiat Chrysler assembly plant in Detroit in March 2020. A man confronted Biden and accused the former vice president of trying to "take our guns."
Biden replied, "You're full of shit" and tried to clarify his policies, saying he supports the Second Amendment.
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Biden nudges Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders before the start of their one-on-one debate in Washington in March 2020. The two Democrats elbowed each other instead of handshake due to the newly emerging coronavirus pandemic. started.
Sanders ended his presidential campaign the following month, clearing Biden's path to the Democratic nomination.
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In May 2020, Biden denied claims by a former counselor who said he sexually assaulted her 27 years ago.
"This never happened," Biden said of the Tara Reade indictment.
In an interview with MSNBC, Biden said he did not know why Reade was now making the accusation.
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On Memorial Day, the Bidens laid a wreath at Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware.
In a CNN interview, Biden called President Donald Trump "an absolute fool" for sharing a tweet mocking him for wearing a coronavirus mask.
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Biden touches his face while speaking at a church in Wilmington, Delaware, in June 2020. While speaking with black leaders, Biden vowed to take steps to combat institutional racism and reestablish a police oversight body at the Justice Department.
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A group of people keep physical distance from each other as Biden speaks in Darby, Pennsylvania, in June 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Biden is holding handwritten notes referencing US Sen. Kamala Harris in July 2020. The talking points fueled new speculation about Harris's position as a possible running mate.
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Biden calls Harris from his home in Delaware to inform him that she was his choice for vice president.
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Biden and Harris come out for their first campaign event as GOP running mates.
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Biden accepts the Democratic Party's presidential candidacy during a speech at the Democratic National Convention.
"This campaign is not just about winning votes," Biden said.
"It's about winning the heart and, yes, the soul of America."
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Biden joins Harris after the Democratic National Convention in August 2020. They are joined on stage by Biden's wife, Jill, and Harris's husband, Douglas Emhoff.
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Biden speaks to his supporters from a distance after meeting with union leaders in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in September 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Biden has taken a careful approach to campaigning.
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Biden speaks to reporters before boarding his field plane in Duluth, Minnesota, in September 2020. (Credit: Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
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People sitting in social distancing circles are reflected in Biden's sunglasses as he speaks in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Biden participated in the first presidential debate in September 2020. In the center is the moderator Chris Wallace, who found himself in difficulties as the debate often turned into shouting, grudges and crossed conversations that sometimes made it impossible to follow what the candidates.
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Jill Biden reminds Biden to maintain proper physical distancing while speaking to reporters at a Miami airport in October 2020. (Brendan McDermid / Reuters)
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Biden sits across from ABC News's George Stephanopoulos before the start of their event at a forum in Philadelphia in October 2020. Biden and Trump held separate forums rather than debating each other.
The change in plans came after Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus.
The Presidential Debate Committee proposed a virtual debate, but Trump declined to participate and Biden went ahead with plans for his own city hall.
Later, the Trump campaign hosted its own forum on a different network, during the same hour.
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Biden speaks during his debate with Trump in October 2020. As his first debate quickly turned into a glorified shouting match, the Presidential Debate Committee instituted an unprecedented change this time: Candidates had their microphones cut off while his opponent answered the first question in each of the six debate segments.
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Biden makes comments in the rain during an event at a drive-in movie in Tampa, Florida, in October 2020. (Credit: Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images)
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Harris joins Biden onstage after Election Day failed to yield a winner.
"After a long night of scrutiny, it is clear that we are winning enough states to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to win the Presidency," Biden told supporters at a rally in Wilmington, Delaware.
"I am not here to declare that we have won. But I am here to report when the count is up, we believe we will be the winners."
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Biden's wife, Jill, tweeted this photo after her husband was screened as the winner of the presidential race.
"He will be a president for all of our families," she said.
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Biden gives his first speech as president-elect, addressing supporters at an event in Wilmington, Delaware.
"Tonight the whole world is looking at America, and I think America is a beacon to the world at best," Biden said in his speech.
"We will lead not just by the example of our power, but by the power of our example."
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Biden introduces the men and women he was running for to join his national security and foreign policy team.
"It is a team that will keep our country and our people safe and secure," Biden said.
"And it's a team that reflects the fact that America is back, ready to lead the world, not to withdraw from it."
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Biden, center, salutes after speaking at a campaign rally in Atlanta for US Senate candidates Raphael Warnock, second from left, and Jon Ossoff, second from right, in December 2020. Both candidates won the second round, giving Democrats control of the Senate.
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Biden receives a coronavirus vaccine in Newark, Delaware, in December 2020. (Credit: Alex Edelman / AFP / Getty Images)
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Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, after the assault on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Biden planned to deliver a speech on the economy, but scrapped his speech and instead addressed the chaos and violence in Washington.
He said the riots amounted to an "unprecedented assault" on American democracy.
"This is not dissent. It is disorder. It is chaos," he said.
"It borders on sedition, and it must end now."
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Here's a look at the life of US President-elect Joe Biden.
Joe Biden's personal data
Date of birth:
November 20, 1942.
Place of birth:
Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Birth name:
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
Father:
Joseph Robinette Biden Sr., car salesman.
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Mother:
Catherine Eugenia (Finnegan) Biden.
Marriages:
Jill (Jacobs) Biden (June 17, 1977–– present) and Neilia (Hunter) Biden (August 27, 1966 –– December 18, 1972, the day of her death)
Children:
with Neilia Biden he had Naomi Christina, Robert Hunter and Joseph Robinette "Beau" III.
With Jill Biden he had Ashley.
Education:
University of Delaware, BA, 1965;
Syracuse University, School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1968
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Other data
He had a stuttering problem as a child.
His son Beau Biden was a Delaware attorney general.
Biden is the longest-serving senator from Delaware.
Timeline of the life of Joe Biden
1968-1970 ––
Criminal defense attorney in Wilmington, Delaware.
1970-1972 ––
Serves on the New Castle County Council in Delaware.
1972 ––
Biden is elected to the Senate for the first time at age 29.
In that contest he defeated Republican Senator J. Caleb Boggs.
He won reelection to the position in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996 and 2002.
December 18, 1972 ––
While doing Christmas shopping, Biden's first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden, and their daughter Naomi Biden are killed in a car accident.
Her children are seriously injured but survive.
January 5, 1973 ––
Sworn in as a Delaware senator at the bedside of his son Beau Biden, who was in the hospital.
1987-1995 –– He
is president of the Senate Judicial Committee.
June 9, 1987 ––
Biden runs for the 1988 presidential race, but retires three months later after reports of plagiarism and false claims about his academic record.
February 1988 ––
He undergoes surgery to repair an aneurysm in an artery that carries blood to the brain.
January 20, 1990 ––
Introduces a bill that becomes the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
The rule addresses sexual assault and domestic violence.
It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994.
2001-2003 –– He
is president of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
2002 ––
Biden votes to authorize military intervention in Iraq, but later becomes a public critic of the conflict.
2007-2009 –– He
is president of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
January 31, 2007 ––
Files a declaration of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to run for president.
July 31, 2007 –– He
publishes his memoirs, "Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics."
January 3, 2008 ––
Announces his retirement from the presidential race.
August 23, 2008 –– He
is named Barack Obama's running mate for the position of vice president.
November 4, 2008 ––
Biden is elected US Vice President.
January 15, 2009 ––
Resignation from the US Senate.
January 20, 2009 ––
Sworn in as US Vice President.
February 7, 2009 ––
Makes his first major speech as vice president at a security conference in Germany.
September 1, 2010 ––
Presides over a ceremony in Iraq to formally mark the end of the US combat mission in that country.
November 6, 2012 ––
Obama and Biden are re-elected to office.
They defeat Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
January 20, 2013 ––
Sworn in for his second term as US Vice President.
October 2, 2014 ––
During a speech at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Biden tells attendees that ISIS has inadvertently been strengthened by actions taken by Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and other allies from the Middle East to help opposition groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
October 4, 2014 ––
Biden speaks by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the remarks he made at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
The then vice president apologizes "for any implication that Turkey or other allies and partners in the region have intentionally supplied or facilitated the growth of ISIS or other violent extremists in Syria."
May 30, 2015 ––
Biden's oldest son, Beau Biden, dies of brain cancer at age 46.
October 21, 2015 ––
Biden announces that he will not seek the presidency and says the time for a successful campaign "has closed."
December 5, 2016 –– He does
not rule out running for president in 2020. At that time, he said: “I do not promise not to compete.
I do not commit to anything.
I learned a long time ago that fate has a strange way of intervening.
January 12, 2017 ––
Obama surprises Biden by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony at the White House.
February 1, 2017 ––
Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, launch the Biden Foundation.
It is an organization that will work on seven issues: foreign policy, Biden's cancer initiative, community colleges and military families, protecting children, equality, ending violence against women and strengthening the middle class.
February 7, 2017 ––
Appointed Professor of Benjamin Franklin's Presidential Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, where he will direct the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement.
He will also serve as founding president of the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, the university announces.
March 1, 2017 ––
Biden receives Congressional Patriot Award from the Center for Bipartisan Policy.
The honor is in recognition of his work in crafting bipartisan legislation with Republicans and Democrats.
November 14, 2017 –– He
publishes his memoirs "Promise Me Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose."
March 26, 2019 ––
At an event in New York, Biden says Anita Hill "paid a terrible price" when in 1991 she testified that she had been sexually harassed by now-Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
He added that he regrets not giving Hill the "audience he deserved."
As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, Biden presided over Thomas' confirmation hearings.
March 29, 2019 ––
Lucy Flores, former Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, makes accusations against Biden in an essay for The Cut, a section of New York magazine.
In the piece, she writes that Biden made her feel "uncomfortable, disgusting and confused" in 2014 when, at a campaign rally in Nevada, she says he kissed her on the nape.
March 31, 2019 ––
“In my many years of election campaign and public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort,” Biden said in a statement.
“And not once –– never–– did I believe I had acted inappropriately.
If it is suggested that I did, I will listen respectfully.
But it was never my intention.
April 3, 2019 ––
Biden posts a video on Twitter, saying he will be "more aware of respecting personal space in the future."
The video follows multiple accusations that she made various people uncomfortable in her encounters, including a woman who claimed Biden made her uncomfortable at a Connecticut fundraiser in 2009. Two other women, including Alexandra "Tara" Reade also told The New York Times that Biden made them feel uncomfortable by the way he touched them.
A woman for the vice presidency?
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April 25, 2019 –– He
announces that he will run for president in a campaign video posted on social media.
Hours later, the chairman of the board of the Biden Foundation, Ted Kaufman, announces the immediate suspension of all operations of the organization.
June 6, 2019 ––
Biden announces that he has changed his mind on the Hyde Amendment, and abandons his long-standing support for a measure that blocks federal funding for most abortions.
His decision, he said, was prompted by a wave of state laws restricting the procedure.
October 23, 2019 ––
Biden's campaign signals that it is abandoning its objection to the creation of an outside group to defend itself against attacks by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign.
March 25, 2020 ––
Alexandra Reade says in a podcast that Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 while she was a clerk in his Senate office.
May 1, 2020 ––
During an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Biden denies the allegations made by Reade that he sexually assaulted her.
I say it unequivocally.
It never, never happened and it didn't happen.
The Biden campaign also publishes a 21-paragraph statement addressing the allegations.
Biden also sends a letter to the Secretary of the Senate requesting the release of any documents related to an allegation of sexual assault made by Reade.
August 11, 2020 ––
Biden, the virtual Democratic presidential candidate, names Kamala Harris as his running mate.
November 7, 2020 ––
Days after the November 3 election, CNN projects that Biden will be elected as the 46th president of the United States.
November 24, 2020 ––
Biden becomes the first presidential candidate to garner more than 80 million votes.
November 29, 2020 ––
Biden's doctor says the president-elect has minor fractures to his foot and "will likely require a walking boot for several weeks," after he slipped while playing with his dog, Major.
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