Joe Biden

Extracted Attributes

• Born

  1942-11-20

• Award

  Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Gender

  male

• Education

  University of Delaware (graduated 1965), Syracuse University College of Law (graduated 1968)

• Full Name

  Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

• Occupation

  Politician

• Citizenship

  United States

• Notable Work

  Promises to Keep (book)

• Place of Birth

  Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.

• Political Party

  Democratic Party (since 1969)

• Oldest President

  Became the oldest president in U.S. history at 78 years old upon inauguration

• Historians/Scholars Ranking

  Favorable (2022, 2024)

• Other Political Affiliation

  Independent (1968-1969)

• Public Assessment of Tenure

  Unfavorable

• First President from Delaware

  Yes

• Inflation at End of Presidency

  2.9%

• Second Roman Catholic President

  Yes (after John F. Kennedy)

• Highest Inflation during Presidency

  9.1% (June 2022)

Timeline

• Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Source: summary)

  1942-11-20

• Moved with his family from Pennsylvania to Delaware. (Source: web_search_results)

  1953

• Graduated from the University of Delaware. (Source: summary)

  1965

• Graduated from Syracuse University College of Law. (Source: summary)

  1968

• Elected to the New Castle County Council, serving until January 1, 1973. (Source: web_search_results)

  1970-01-05

• Elected to the U.S. Senate representing Delaware at age 29. (Source: summary)

  1972

• Began serving as a U.S. Senator for Delaware. (Source: summary)

  1973-01-03

• Began chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee (served until 1995). (Source: summary)

  1987

• Ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Source: summary)

  1988

• Opposed the Gulf War. (Source: wikipedia)

  1991

• Drafted and led passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. (Source: summary)

  1994

• Drafted and led passage of the Violence Against Women Act. (Source: summary)

  1994

• Voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution. (Source: wikipedia)

  2002

• Ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Source: summary)

  2008

• Chosen by Barack Obama as his running mate for the presidential election. (Source: summary)

  2008-08

• Began serving as the 47th Vice President of the United States under President Barack Obama. (Source: summary)

  2009-01-20

• Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama. (Source: web_search_results)

  2017-01-12

• Announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2020 presidential election. (Source: web_search_results)

  2019-04-25

• Secured the Democratic nomination for president. (Source: web_search_results)

  2020-06

• Selected Kamala Harris as his running mate. (Source: summary)

  2020

• Defeated incumbent Donald Trump in the presidential election. (Source: summary)

  2020

• Inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, becoming the oldest president in U.S. history at 78. (Source: summary)

  2021-01-20

• Signed the American Rescue Plan Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: summary)

  2021

• Signed bipartisan infrastructure legislation (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act). (Source: summary)

  2021

• Oversaw the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. (Source: summary)

  2021

• Appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States. (Source: wikipedia)

  2022

• Signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. (Source: summary)

  2022

• U.S. inflation peaked at 9.1% during his presidency. (Source: wikipedia)

  2022-06

• Biden administration ranked favorably by historians and scholars. (Source: wikipedia)

  2022

• Responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing aid to Ukraine. (Source: summary)

  2022

• Biden administration ranked favorably by historians and scholars. (Source: wikipedia)

  2024

• Withdrew his candidacy for reelection after a poor performance in the first presidential debate. (Source: summary)

  2024

• Concluded his term as the 46th President of the United States. (Source: summary)

  2025-01-20

• Became the oldest living former U.S. president. (Source: wikipedia)

  2025

Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 and the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and the U.S. Senate in 1972. As a senator, Biden chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and Foreign Relations Committee. He drafted and led passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. Biden also oversaw six U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. He opposed the Gulf War in 1991 but voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution in 2002. Biden ran unsuccessfully for the 1988 and 2008 Democratic presidential nominations. In 2008, Barack Obama chose Biden as his running mate, and he was a close counselor to Obama as vice president. In the 2020 presidential election, Biden selected Kamala Harris as his running mate, and they defeated Republican incumbents Donald Trump and Mike Pence. He became the first president to serve with a female or African American vice president. As president, Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession. He signed bipartisan bills on infrastructure and manufacturing. Biden proposed the Build Back Better Act, which failed in Congress, but aspects of which were incorporated into the Inflation Reduction Act that he signed into law in 2022. He appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States. In his foreign policy, the U.S. reentered the Paris Agreement. Biden oversaw the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops that ended the war in Afghanistan, leading to the Taliban seizing control. He responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing aid to Ukraine. During the Gaza war, Biden condemned the actions of Hamas as terrorism, strongly supported Israel's military efforts, and sent limited humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. A temporary ceasefire proposal he backed was adopted shortly before his presidency ended. Concerns about Biden's age and health persisted throughout his term. He became the first president to turn 80 years old while in office. He began his presidency with majority support, but saw his approval ratings decline significantly throughout his presidency, in part due to public frustration over inflation, which peaked at 9.1% in June 2022 but dropped to 2.9% by the end of his presidency. Biden initially ran for reelection and, after the Democratic primaries, became the party's presumptive nominee in the 2024 presidential election. After his poor performance in the first presidential debate, renewed scrutiny from across the political spectrum about his cognitive ability led him to withdraw his candidacy. In 2022 and 2024, Biden's administration was ranked favorably by historians and scholars, diverging from unfavorable public assessments of his tenure. As of 2025, he is the oldest living former U.S. president.

Web Search Results

• Joe Biden - Wikipedia

  Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.( (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party "Democratic Party (United States)"), he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. [...] | | | | | | | | | Member of the New Castle County Council from the 4th district | | In office January 5, 1971– January 1, 1973 | | Preceded by | Lawrence T. Messick | | Succeeded by | Francis Swift | | | | Personal details | | Born | Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (1942-11-20) November 20, 1942 (age 82) Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | | Political party | Democratic "Democratic Party (United States)") (since 1969) | | Other political affiliations | Independent (1968–1969) | [...] Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 and the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and the U.S. Senate in 1972. As a senator, Biden chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and Foreign Relations Committee. He drafted and led passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. Biden also oversaw six U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings,

• Joseph R. Biden Jr. - White House Historical Association

  In 2020, Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump to become the 46th President of the United States. Biden is the oldest person to take the oath of office (78), the first president from Delaware, and the second Roman Catholic president in United States history (the first was John F. Kennedy). [...] In 2008, Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his running mate. Biden served as Vice President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. As vice president, he implemented the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, advised President Obama on key foreign policy decisions, led several initiatives to reduce violence against women, and initiated the “Cancer Moonshot” program. On January 12, 2017, President Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his decades of public service. [...] Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. was born on November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1953, the Biden family moved from Pennsylvania to Delaware. Joe Biden graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council. In 1972, at the age of 29, he was elected to the United States Senate.

• Presidency of Joe Biden - Wikipedia

  Joe Biden's tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021, and ended on January 20, 2025. Biden, a member of the Democratic Party "Democratic Party (United States)") who previously served as vice president for two terms under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, took office after his victory in the 2020 presidential election over the incumbent president, Donald Trump of the Republican Party "Republican Party (United States)"). Upon his [...] Biden, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in 1988 and 2008, and later served as the 47th vice president of the United States under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, announced his candidacy for the nomination of the Democratic Party "Democratic Party (United States)") in the 2020 presidential election on April 25, 2019. In June 2020, Biden secured the Democratic nomination. Biden selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate, and the two were [...] | Personal Early life and career Eponyms Family Honors Presidential library Public image Age and health concerns _SNL_ parodies _The Onion_ parody "Joe Biden (The Onion)") Bibliography Post-presidency U.S. Senator from Delaware U.S. Senate career Judiciary Committee Bork hearings Thomas hearings 1994 Crime Bill Violence Against Women Act Foreign Relations Committee Elections 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 47th Vice President of the United States

• Joe Biden: Life Before the Presidency - Miller Center

  As Judiciary Committee chairman, Biden was a leading advocate for massive tough-on-crime legislation such as the 1994 federal crime bill that stiffened sentences, widened application of the death penalty, added police officers to the streets, and provided funding for new prisons. Crime in America had tripled between 1960 and 1990, inflamed by a crack-cocaine epidemic in the 1980s. Working with police groups, Biden wrote the Senate version of the bill, which he used to proudly call the Biden [...] Throughout his Senate years, Biden had his sights set on higher office. After two failed presidential runs, he won a valuable second prize: the vice presidency. In August 2008, Barack Obama selected Biden as his running mate, inspired by Biden’s foreign policy expertise, his skill working with Congress, his resilience after his profound personal setbacks, and his devotion to his family. [...] 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;

• President Joseph R. Biden

  After serving as a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, Biden was elected as Vice President of the United States in 2008, the running mate of President Barack Obama. As Vice President, he worked alongside President Obama to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, the American Rescue Plan, and launched the Cancer Moonshot program. [...] President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born in Scranton, PA, the first of four children of Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. Biden graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School.

• Award

  Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Image

  

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Syracuse University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  writer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  11/20/1942

• Notable Work

  Promises to Keep

• Place Of Birth

  Scranton

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (/ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. 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. Biden was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and moved with his family to Delaware in 1953 when he was ten years old. He studied at the University of Delaware before earning his law degree from Syracuse University. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and became the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history after he was elected to the United States Senate from Delaware in 1972, at age 29. Biden was the chair or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years. 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. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Biden ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008, before becoming Obama's vice president after they won the 2008 presidential election. During his two terms as vice president, Biden frequently represented the administration in negotiations with congressional Republicans and was a close counselor to President Obama. Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, defeated incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Upon inauguration, he became the oldest president in U.S. history and the first to have a female vice president. Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act to help the U.S. recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession. He proposed the American Jobs Plan, aspects of which were incorporated into the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. He proposed the American Families Plan, which was merged with other aspects of the American Jobs Plan into the proposed Build Back Better Act. After facing opposition in the Senate, the Build Back Better Act's size was reduced and it was comprehensively reworked into the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, covering deficit reduction, climate change, healthcare, and tax reform. Biden appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. In foreign policy, he restored the U.S. into the Paris Agreement on climate change. He completed the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, during which the Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban seized control. He responded to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing foreign aid and weapons shipments to Ukraine.