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Senate Years of Service: 1973- Party: Democrat
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BIDEN, Joseph Robinette, Jr., a Senator from Delaware; born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa.,
November 20, 1942; educated at St. Helenas School, Wilmington, Del., and
Archmere Academy, Claymont, Del.; graduated, University of Delaware, Newark,
1965, and Syracuse (N.Y.) 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
for the term ending January 3, 2015; 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 in 2008.
BibliographyBiden, Joseph R.
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics. New York: Random
House, 2007.
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