Joe biden official biography

1942–present

Who Is Joe Biden?

Joe Biden is a longtime Democratic politician who served as the 46^th president of the United States, from 2021 to 2025. His journey to the nation’s highest office began with his first election in 1970. Biden, who briefly worked as an attorney, then became the sixth youngest U.S. senator in history as well as Delaware’s longest-serving senator. Beginning in 2009, Biden served two terms as the 47^th vice president of the United States as part of President Barack Obama’s administration. Biden’s third presidential campaign led to his election in 2020. Faced with increasing public scrutiny during his reelection effort four years later, Biden withdrew his bid and completed his single-term presidency.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
BORN: November 20, 1942
BIRTHPLACE: Scranton, Pennsylvania
SPOUSES: Neilia Hunter Biden (1966–1972) and Jill Biden (1977–present)
CHILDREN: Beau, Hunter, Naomi “Amy,” and Ashley
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Joe Biden

President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

"Joseph Biden" and "Biden" redirect here. For his first-born son, Joseph Biden III, see Beau Biden. For other uses, see Biden (disambiguation).

Joe Biden
Official portrait, 2021
In office January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025
Vice President	Kamala Harris
Preceded by	Donald Trump
Succeeded by	Donald Trump
In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Dick Cheney
Succeeded by	Mike Pence
In office January 3, 1973 – January 15, 2009
Preceded by	J. Caleb Boggs
Succeeded by	Ted Kaufman
Born	Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (1942-11-20) November 20, 1942 (age 82) Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic (since 1969)
Other political affiliations	Independent (1968–1969)
Spouses	Neilia Hunter ​ ​ (m. ; died )​
Children
• Joe Biden: Life Before the Presidency Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born on November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as World War II raged overseas. The first child of Catherine Eugenia “Jean” Finnegan Biden and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr., Joey, as he was known, was a scrappy kid from a working-class Irish Catholic family. Biden’s father prospered during the war when an uncle gave him a job in his lucrative manufacturing company that provided sealant for merchant marine ships. Joe Sr. left Scranton to run the Boston office; he lived the high life, driving fast cars, hunting, and haunting the polo fields. But after the war, his fortunes reversed, and Joe Sr. found himself adrift. After a couple of failed business ventures, he returned to the coal-mining town of Scranton where he took what work he could get to support the family. By now, Joe Jr. had been joined by his sister Valerie; two brothers, James and Frank, would complete the family.  As a child, Joe Jr. suffere