Joe Biden's career, in pictures

1Joe 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.

In the picture, US Senator Joe Biden cuts his 30th birthday cake with his family, on November 20, 1972. GETTY

2The political experience of the president-elect began in the 1970s.

In the picture, US Senator Joe Biden is photographed in front of the US Capitol, in a 1974 picture. GETTY

3Elected leader of the British Conservative Party, Margaret Thatcher, talks to US Senators Joe Biden (left) and John Sparkman, on Capitol Hill, Washington, in September 1975. BENJAMIN E. 'GENE' GETTY

4Delaware Senator Joe Biden points to a friend in the Padua Academy crowd as he talks to US President Jimmy Carter during a 1978 fundraiser. GETTY

5Joe Biden (right), with his daughter Ashley in his arms, during the oath rehearsal in front of Vice President George Bush, on the Capitol in Washington when he was a member of the Senate, in 1985. AP

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.

In the image, Senator Joe Biden, after announcing his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in 1987. MARK REINSTEIN GETTY

7Joe Biden poses in his office when he was a member of the US Senate in 1988. JOE MCNALLY GETTY

8 From left, Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Bill Bradley at a press conference on public funding for the general election campaign, April 9, 1990. LAURA PATTERSON GETTY

9 US Senator Joe Biden notes on a notebook before a press conference on Capitol Hill on December 13, 2005 in Washington.

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10The former president of the United States in 2006, George W. Bush (left), at a press conference at the White House with Senators Richard Lugar (center) and Joe Biden.

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11For the 2008 elections, he competed with Obama and Hilary Clinton.

A move that, although it did not lead to the Oval Office, it did to the vice presidency.

In the image, Joe Biden is presented as a candidate for the vice presidency of Barack Obama, during a campaign event in Springfield (USA), in 2008. AP

12The Democratic presidential candidate of the United States, Barack Obama (right), accompanied by his vice presidential candidate, Joe Biden, at the party convention to which they were officially appointed, held in Denver, Colorado, on 28 September 2008. REUTERS

13U.S. President Barack Obama (center) and Vice President Joe Biden (right) converse as Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen speaks at the annual St. Patrick's Day reception at the White House, 17 March 2010. MICHAEL REYNOLDS GETTY

14The new president of the United States, Barack Obama, after signing the order to close the Guantánamo prison, to the applause of Vice President Joe Biden (to his right) and retired military leaders, in 2009. AP

15 “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.

In the photo, US President Barack Obama (right) and Vice President Joe Biden eat a hamburger at Ray's Hell Burger restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, in 2009. AP

16The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, during his speech before the Israel-United States Political Action Committee, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington in 2009. AP

17Under the slogan "In God We Trust" and accompanied by Vice President and President of the Senate, Joe Biden, and President of Congress, Nancy Pelosi, President Barack Obama addresses the joint session of Congress and Senate on Capitol Hill to present his health reform, in 2009. AP

18The US President in 2009, Barack Obama, followed by the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and the Vice President, Joe Biden, acceded to the White House in 2009. PETE SOUZA CASA BLANCA

19The President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, pay tribute to the fallen during the visit to the military of the Parachute Brigade (Bripac) in Paracuellos del Jarama (Madrid), in 2010. ULY MARTIN

20US Vice President Joe Biden greets his arrival at Boryspil International Airport outside Kiev on April 21, 2014. VALNTYN OGIRENKO REUTERS

21U.S. President Barack Obama (right), together with Vice President Joe Biden, after the press conference after learning about the election of Donald Trump in November 2016. NICHOLAS KAMM AFP

22 From left to right, the Democratic Party candidates to compete with Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, greet the public before the start of the debate in the presidential primaries, in Miami, United States, in June 2019. WILFREDO LEE AP

23Joe Biden, former vice president of the United States and aspiring Democratic Party presidential candidate, cooks hamburgers at a barbecue in Des Moines, Iowa, in September 2019. AP

24U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Democratic candidate Joe Biden take part in the first debate for the presidential election at the Samson Pavilion in Cleveland, Ohio, in August 2020. AFP

25Joe Biden, former vice president of the United States and a Democratic presidential candidate, dons a mask after a rally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in July 2020. AFP

26The Democratic White House candidate, Joe Biden, at a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 12.

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27 His run for the presidency could be cut short on several occasions by harassment lawsuits filed by various women, although Biden emerged unscathed from these situations and, perhaps to remove this stain on his record, he decided to appoint a woman, Kamala Harris, as his candidate to the vice presidency of the country.

In the photo, Joe Biden, former vice president of the United States and candidate of the Democratic Party in the 2020 presidential elections, and Kamala Harris, aspiring to the vice presidency, at their first joint press conference at a school in Wilmington, Delaware, August 2020. AFP

28 Among the many promises Joe Biden made as a candidate, one was that he would appoint a Cabinet that would represent America's diverse demographics.

The president-elect has complied as there are representatives of the Latino, indigenous and African-American community.

They will be responsible for facing the greatest crisis facing the country since the Second World War.

In the photo, Joe Biden, president-elect of the United States, presents at the appointments to his security team, in Wilmington, Delaware on November 24, 2020. REUTERS

29 US President-elect Joe Biden with Democratic nominee Raphael Warnock for the US Senate on January 4 during a rally in Atlanta.

The Trump era ends with Democrats controlling the entire legislative branch.

Amid the chaos generated by the assault on the Capitol launched by Trump supporters in Washington, the Democratic Party wrested control of the United States Senate from the Republicans when the victory of the two progressive candidates was confirmed in Georgia, where the second was being disputed back for the seats of this State.

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30Joe Biden cries at a ceremony at the Delaware National Guard Reserve Center named Beau Biden, his first-born, who died in 2015, this Tuesday.

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