Joe Biden
Joe Biden in Summary
Joe Biden is an American politician serving as the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
He is married to Dr Jill Biden.
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Joe Biden Biography
Joe Biden Jr. is an American politician serving as the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
Raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware, Biden studied at the University of Delaware before earning his law degree from Syracuse University in 1968. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and became the sixth-youngest senator in American history when he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Delaware in 1972, at the age of 29.
He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and again in 2008.
Biden was reelected to the Senate six times, and was the fourth-most senior senator when he resigned to serve as Barack Obama’s vice president after they won 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.
In January 2017, Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, making him the first president to have received the accolade prior to taking office.
Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris defeated incumbent president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence in the general election. Biden is the oldest elected president, the first from Delaware, and the second Catholic.
His early activity as president has centered around a series of executive orders. In addition to emergency actions pertaining to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Biden’s orders reversed several Trump administration policies. His reversals included re-joining the Paris Agreement on climate change, reaffirming protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, halting the construction of the Trump border wall, ending the national emergency at the southern border declared by the Trump administration, ending the Trump travel ban imposed on predominantly Muslim countries, and revoking permits for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
More Information about Joe Biden
- Name: Joe Biden
- Date Of Birth: November 20, 1942
- Place Of Birth: Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
- Main Occupation: President of the United States
FAQs about Joe Biden
How Old is Joe Biden?
Joe Biden is 79 years old (birth date November 20, 1942).
Where is Joe Biden from?
Joe Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.
