Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr., (11/20/1942- )

Summary

• Number of Terms: 2
• Occupation: Politician
• Biography: Senator from Delaware and a Vice President of the United States; born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1942; educated at St. Helena's School, Wilmington, Delaware, and Archmere Academy, Claymont, Delaware; graduated, University of Delaware, Newark, 1965, and Syracuse (New York) University College of Law 1968; admitted to the Delaware bar in 1969 and commenced practice in Wilmington; served on the New Castle County Council 1970-1972; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1972 and reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and again in 2008 and served from January 3, 1973, until January 15, 2009, when he resigned to become Vice President; chair, Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses), Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for president in 2008, but was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket headed by Barack Obama, was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, and was reelected in 2012.

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Regent type

Vice President

Short Legal Citation

Public Law

Notes

Biographical Directory of Congress

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 1/20/2009-1/20/2017

Topic

• Legislators
• Politicians
• Democrat
• Lawyers
• Regents
• Democrat--Regents

Place

United States

Form/Genre

Biographies

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