He has been at the forefront of issues and legislation related to terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, post-Cold War Europe, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia. As Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since 1997, then-Senator Biden played a pivotal role in shaping U.S. As Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 17 years, then-Senator Biden was widely recognized for his work on criminal justice issues including the landmark 1994 Crime Bill and the Violence Against Women Act.
Vice President Biden has five grandchildren: Naomi, Finnegan, Roberta Mabel ("Maisy"), Natalie, and Robert Hunter.Īs a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, Senator Biden established himself as a leader on some of our nation's most important domestic and international challenges. Ashley is a social worker and Hunter is an attorney. Beau serves as Delaware's Attorney General and recently returned home from Iraq where he served as a Captain in the 261st Signal Brigade of the Delaware National Guard. The Vice President has three children: Beau, Hunter, and Ashley. in Education, has been an educator for over two decades and currently teaches at a DC-area community college. In 1977, Vice President Biden married Jill Jacobs. Senate at his sons' hospital bedside and began commuting to Washington every day by train, a practice he maintained throughout his career in the Senate. Vice President Biden was sworn in to the U.S. Just weeks after the election, tragedy struck the Biden family, when Biden's wife, Neilia, and their 1-year old daughter, Naomi, were killed and their two young sons critically injured in an auto accident. Then, at age 29, he became one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate. He graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council. In 1953, the Biden family moved from Pennsylvania to Claymont, Delaware. Since leaving the White House, Vice President Biden continues his legacy of expanding opportunity for all with the creation of the Biden Foundation, the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Biden Domestic Policy Institute at the University of Delaware.Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., was born November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first of four siblings. In January, President Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom, with Distinction-the highest civilian honor in the U.S.īiden is an alumnus of the University of Delaware, Class of 1965. He authored “Ready to Work: Job-Driven Training and American Opportunity", a report to the president on how best to ensure American workers are trained for the jobs of the 21st century.īiden also led the administration’s efforts to implement meaningful reforms to reduce gun violence in the U.S., which resulted in federal actions aimed at strengthening the background check system and addressing mental health issues linked to gun violence, among others. According to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, under former Vice President Biden’s oversight, more than $800 billion dollars were injected into the economy with less than two tenths of one percent waste, fraud or abuse-making it one of the most efficient government programs in history.Īs Vice President, Biden also chaired the Middle-Class Task Force, an administration-wide effort to improve the everyday lives and livelihoods of working men and women, and oversaw the administration’s Skills Initiative to improve federal workforce training programs. The Recovery Act added 2 million jobs to the economy and made an unprecedented investment in America’s Biden has worked relentlessly since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 to change the culture around domestic violence and sexual assault, and protect and strengthen victims’ rights.Īs the 47th Vice President of the United States, Biden oversaw the implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was integral to rescuing the economy from the brink of another Great Depression. Then-Senator Biden served as chairman or ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 17 years, and was a preeminent voice on criminal justice issues, including authoring both the landmark 1994 Crime Act and the Violence Against Women Act.
As a senator from Delaware for 36 years, Biden was a leading architect of domestic policy on some of the most pressing issues facing the country.
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