![]() ![]() The Judiciary Committee dealt with the choice of Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and others for the Supreme Court (SCOTUS). When Biden was chair, the committee dealt with the 1991 Gulf War, the 2003 War in Iraq, and several treaties. The Foreign Relations committee deals with American issues in other countries. Later in his time in the Senate, Biden served as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee. He became a prominent defender of Israel as a senator, and said that if there was no country like Israel the U.S. (While he was 29 during the election, he turned 30 before he became a senator.)īiden was re-elected to the Senate six times. Senator, because he was only two months older than the minimum age, 30, required to be one. He is one of the youngest people to become a U.S. Caleb Boggs, had more experience and more money to spend on his campaign. ( May 2020)įor many years, Biden was a U.S. He did not have to fight in the Vietnam War because he was going to college and had asthma as a child. Biden attended college at the University of Delaware and Syracuse University. In high school, Biden played football and baseball, but he was not a very good student. He also began to stutter at an early age. ![]() When he was young, his family moved to Wilmington, Delaware. Mary's Keller Memorial Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Scholars and historians rank Biden as average in a list of greatest and worst presidents. ![]() He is also the second Catholic president to hold the office after John F. He is the oldest person to become president and the first from the state of Delaware. On November 7, he defeated former President Donald Trump and became the president-elect of the United States. On April 8, 2020, Biden became the likely nominee for the Democratic nomination after Bernie Sanders ended his campaign. On April 25, 2019, Biden launched his presidential campaign for the 2020 election. Īfter finishing his second term as vice president, Biden began working at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also earned the "Best of Congress Award", an award from the Pakistani government, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction. He has five honorary doctorates, including one from his alma mater and one from where he has taught law. During the 2008 election, then- Senator Barack Obama picked him to be his running mate. He tried to become the Democratic candidate for president in 19 but did not win. He had been in the Senate longer than any other President or Vice President. Before becoming vice president, Biden was a U.S. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is from Wilmington, Delaware. Biden was also the vice president of the United States from 2009 through 2017 while Barack Obama was president. ( / ˌ r ɒ b ɪ ˈ n ɛ t ˈ b aɪ d ən/ born ( )November 20, 1942) is an American politician and the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021. ![]()
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