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Senate Years of Service: 1973-2009 Party: Democrat
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BIDEN, Joseph Robinette, Jr., a Senator from Delaware and a Vice President of the United States;
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 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, and was inaugurated on January 20,
2009.
BibliographyBiden, Joseph R.
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics. New York: Random
House, 2007.
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