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==Joseph Robinette Biden Jr== Joe Biden was born 20 Nov 1942 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, [[Pennsylvania]], the eldest child of [[#Joseph Robinette Biden|Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr.]] and his wife [[#Catherine Eugenia Finnegan|Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan]]. <table><tr><td>http://www.goalsforamericans.org/images/JoeBidenLrg.jpg</td><td>The family moved to Claymont, Delaware when Joe was ten years old and he continued growing-up in New Castle County, [[Delaware]] where his father was a car salesman. Joe Jr graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse University College of Law. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 when he was 29. While he was in law school he married Neilia Hunter, they had three children: Joseph R "Beau" Biden III, Robert Hunter Biden, and Amy Biden. His wife and infant daughter died in a car accident sometime between 1972 and 1974. In 1977 he married Jill Tracy Jacobs. They had one daughter Ashley. Currently Joseph Biden is a U.S. Senator from Delaware, he has been in government for 33 years. </td></tr></table> Joseph Biden was Chairman of the Senate Judiary Committee from 1987 until 1995. In 1997 he became the ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chaired the committee from 2001 until 2003. He again became Chair in 2007, which he still is today. Joe's parents moved into his home with him in Delaware. His father died there 2 Sep 2002, Joe Jr's mother Jean was then still living. Joseph Biden ran on the Democratic ticket for the U.S. Presidential Election of 2008, but has sinced dropped from the race. His Democratic challengers were: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]] and [[Mike Gravel]]. Barack Obama has now selected Joseph Biden as his Vice-Presidential running mate. ===Works=== *[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400065364/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1400065364 ''Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics''] (Hardcover) *[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0398075832/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0398075832 ''Homeland Security Law And Policy''] (Paperback) *[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756741785/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0756741785 ''Reducing the Threat of Chemical And Biological Weapons: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate''] (Paperback) ===Primary sources for 1=== *[http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080829/pl_politico/12955 "Sen. Joe Biden (D-Scranton)"], by Alexander Burns, Kenneth P. Vogel 28 Aug 2008 28, on Politico, that he moved to "Clayton" when ten years old. *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSMS85bo4WM Joseph Biden debate] on YouTube *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK0hW7VqGkg&feature=user Joseph Biden on CNN, 16 Jul 2008] ===Secondary sources for 1=== *[http://www.irishabroad.com/irishworld/irishamericamag/aprilmay05/features/politics&publicservice.asp Irish People and Ireland, "Joe Biden"] *[http://www.wargs.com/political/biden.html "The Ancestors of Joe Biden", Ancestry research by William Addams Reitwiesner, "most of this work was contributed by Robert Battle"], undated *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden "Joe Biden"] on Wikipedia
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