Upon inauguration, he became the oldest president in U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011.īiden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, defeated incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. On foreign policy, Biden was a close counselor to President Obama and took a leading role in designing the withdrawal of U.S. He also oversaw infrastructure spending in 2009 to counteract the Great Recession. During his two terms as vice president, Biden leaned on his Senate experience and frequently represented the administration in negotiations with congressional Republicans. He was the fourth-most senior sitting senator when he became Obama's vice president after they won the 2008 presidential election. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.īiden ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 19. He also chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1987 to 1995 led the effort to pass the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act and oversaw six U.S. Biden was the chair or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years. history after he was elected to the United States Senate from Delaware in 1972, at age 29. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and became the sixth-youngest senator in U.S.

He studied at the University of Delaware before earning his law degree from Syracuse University. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.īiden was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and moved with his family to Delaware in 1953 when he was ten years old. ( / ˈ b aɪ d ən/ ( listen) BY-dən born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States.

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