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The electoral history of Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States, began in 1970. Biden served as the 47th vice president (2009–2017), and as a United States senator from Delaware (1973–2009).
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Biden was born in 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Claymont, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in history and political science and received his law degree from the Syracuse University Law School. Biden practiced law and worked as a public defender before seeking public...
Below is an abbreviated outline of Biden's academic, professional, and political career: 1. 2021-Present: President of the United States 2. 2019-2020: Democratic presidential candidate 3. 2017-2019: Launched and developed Biden Foundation with Jill Biden 4. 2009-2017: Vice president of the United States during the Obama administration 5. 1973-2009:...
This section provides links to coverage of key federal legislation considered during the Biden administration. To be included, the bill must have met several of the following qualifying factors: 1. Collaboration between the president and congressional leadership on the bill 2. Use of the reconciliation process to pass the bill 3. Changes to the con...
Net worth
While running for president of the United States in 2020, Biden released financial disclosures and tax returns from 2016 to 2020. Click on the following links to view these disclosures: 1. OGE Form 278e (2020) 2. OGE Form 278e (2019) 3. 2016 Delaware 4. 2016 Federal 5. 2017 Delaware 6. 2017 Federal 7. 2018 Delaware 8. 2018 Federal 9. 2019 Delaware, Virginia, Federal
Special counsel Robert Hur declined to prosecute Biden for handling of classified documents
On February 8, 2024, Robert Hur declined to prosecute Biden after an investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents after his vice presidency. Attorney General Merrick Garlandappointed Hur to investigate Biden's improper storage of classified documents in January 2023. Hur's report said, "Our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen. [...] We conclude that th...
Impeachment inquiry
1. See also: Impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, 2023 Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced on September 12, 2023, that the House of Representatives would pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden (D).The inquiry focused on allegations that Biden used his influence as vice president from 2009 to 2017 to improperly profit from his son Hunter Biden's business dealings. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), McCarthy's successor, scheduled a vote for December 7 to fo...
Tested positive for coronavirus on July 21, 2022
1. 1.1. See also: Government official, politician, and candidate deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021 On July 21, 2022, the White House announced Biden tested positive for COVID-19.On July 30, 2022, the president's physician reported he tested positive again for COVID-19.
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On November 7, 2020, the major news networks and the Associated Press declared Biden the winner. Harris became the first woman, the first Black, and first Asian American woman to become vice president. A record number of voters turned out in 2020, casting nearly 160 million votes.
- Joe Biden’s Early Years. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born on November 20, 1942, in the blue-collar city of Scranton, Pennsylvania. At age 10 he moved with his family to the Wilmington, Delaware, area, where his father found work as a car salesman.
- Senator Biden and First Presidential Run. In September of 1988, then-Senator Joe Biden seen on the platform in Wilmington, Delaware. He was returning to work in the Senate having suffered an aneurysm, which was life-threatening.&
- Joe Biden as Vice President. Biden kicked off his second attempt at the White House 20 years later, during the 2008 primary, but dropped out after securing only 1 percent of the delegates in the Iowa Democratic caucuses.
- Joe Biden's 2020 Presidential Run. On April 25, 2019, Biden announced his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. As a popular former vice president, he immediately entered the race with high name recognition.
14 hours ago · Joe Biden (born November 20, 1942, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.) 46th president of the United States (2021– ) and 47th vice president of the United States (2009–17) in the Democratic administration of Pres. Barack Obama. He previously represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate (1973–2009).
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected the 46 th president of the United States after thirty-six years in the Senate and eight years as vice president. On January 20, 2021, at age 78, Biden became the oldest president in history to take oath of office.
