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Joseph Biden Biography
Birth Name:
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
Birth Place:
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Politician
Fast Facts
- The oldest of four siblings
- Grew up in a Roman Catholic home
- Moved to Claymont, Delaware, with his family when he was 10
- Played in his high school's football and basketball teams
- Was admitted to the Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) in 1969
- In 1972, shortly after being elected to the U
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- Senate, his wife Neilia and daughter Naomi died in a fatal car accident
- In 1975, met his second wife Jill Tracy Jacobs on a blind date arranged by his brother
- On November 14, 2017, published his memoir Promise Me Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
- From 2009 to 2017, served as Vice President of the United States during the Barack Obama administration
Relationships
- Ashley Blazer Biden -- Daughter
- Naomi Christina -- Daughter
- Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. -- Father
- Joseph H. Biden -- Grandfather
- Mary Elizabeth (née Robinette) -- Grandmother
- Catherine Eugenia (née Finnegan) Biden -- Mother
- Joseph Robinette Biden III -- Son
- Robert Hunter Biden -- Son
- Jill Biden (née Jacobs) -- Wife
- Neilia Biden (née Hunter) -- Wife (deceased)