Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
( born November 20, 1942) is an American politician
who served as the 47th vice president of the United States
from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,
he served as a United States Senator for Delaware
from 1973 to 2009. Biden is the Democratic presidential
nominee for the 2020 election, running against
the incumbent, President Donald Trump.
Biden was raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania,
and New Castle County, Delaware.
He studied at the University of Delaware
before receiving his law degree from
Syracuse University.
He became a lawyer in 1969
and was elected to the New Castle County Council
in 1970. He was elected to the U.S. Senate
from Delaware in 1972, becoming
the sixth-youngest senator in American history.
Biden was a longtime member
and eventually chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
He opposed the Gulf War in 1991
but supported the expansion of the NATO alliance
into Eastern Europe and its intervention
in the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s.
He supported the resolution authorizing
the Iraq War in 2002 but opposed the surge of
U.S. troops in 2007.
He also served as chairman of
the Senate Judiciary Committee
from 1987 to 1995, dealing with issues
related to drug policy, crime prevention,
and civil liberties.
Biden led the efforts to pass
the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against
Women Act, and oversaw six U.S. Supreme Court
confirmation hearings, including the contentious
hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.
Biden ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008.
Biden was reelected six times to the U.S. Senate
and was the fourth-most senior senator when
he resigned after winning the vice presidency
alongside Barack Obama in the 2008
presidential election.
Obama and Biden were reelected in 2012.
As Vice President, Biden oversaw infrastructure
spending in 2009 to counteract the Great Recession.
His negotiations with congressional Republicans
helped the Obama administration pass legislation
including the 2010 Tax Relief Act, which resolved
a taxation deadlock; the Budget Control Act of 2011,
which resolved a debt ceiling crisis; and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which addressed the impending fiscal cliff.
In foreign policy, Biden led the efforts
to pass the United States–Russia New START treaty,
supported military intervention in Libya, and helped
formulate U.S. policy toward Iraq through
the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2011.
Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting,
Biden led the Gun Violence Task Force.
In October 2015, Biden announced that he would not seek the presidency in the 2016 election. In January 2017, Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction.
Biden announced his 2020 candidacy for president on April 25, 2019, and in June 2020, he met the 1,991-delegate threshold needed to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination.
On August 11, 2020, Biden announced U.S. Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 presidential election.
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