Joseph Biden
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He was raised in New Castle County, Delaware, son of a woman named Finnegan whose family had emigrated from County Mayo during the Irish Famine. He graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse University College of Law. He was first elected to the Senate in 1972 when he was 29. His wife's name is Jill. Currently a US Senator from Delaware, he has been in government for 33 years. | He was raised in New Castle County, Delaware, son of a woman named Finnegan whose family had emigrated from County Mayo during the Irish Famine. He graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse University College of Law. He was first elected to the Senate in 1972 when he was 29. His wife's name is Jill. Currently a US Senator from Delaware, he has been in government for 33 years. | ||
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| + | He is currently running on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008. His Democratic challengers are: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]] | ||
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