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JosephRobinetteBiden,Jr.,wasbornNovember20,1942,inScranton,Pennsylvania,thefirstoffoursiblings.In1953,theBidenfamilymovedfromPennsylvaniatoClaymont,Delaware.HegraduatedfromtheUniversityofDelawareandSyracuseLawSchoolandservedontheNewCastleCountyCouncil.Then,atage29,hebecameoneoftheyoungestpeopleeverelectedtotheUnitedStatesSenate.Justweeksaftertheelection,tragedystrucktheBidenfamily,whenBiden'swife,Neilia,andtheir1-yearolddaughter,Naomi,werekilledandtheirtwoyoungsonscriticallyinjuredinanautoaccident.VicePresidentBidenwasswornintotheU.S.Senateathissons'hospitalbedsideandbegancommutingtoWashingtoneverydaybytrain,apracticehemaintainedthroughouthiscareerintheSenate.In1977,VicePresidentBidenmarriedJillJacobs.JillBiden,whoholdsaPh.D.inEducation,hasbeenaneducatorforovertwodecadesandcurrentlyteachesataDC-areacommunitycollege.TheVicePresidenthasthreechildren:Beau,Hunter,andAshley.BeauservesasDelaware'sAttorneyGeneralandrecentlyreturnedhomefromIraqwhereheservedasaCaptaininthe261stSignalBrigadeoftheDelawareNationalGuard.AshleyisasocialworkerandHunterisanattorney.VicePresidentBidenhasfivegrandchildren:Naomi,Finnegan,RobertaMabel(Maisy),Natalie,andRobertHunter.AsaSenatorfromDelawarefor36years,SenatorBidenestablishedhimselfasaleaderonsomeofournation'smostimportantdomesticandinternationalchallenges.AsChairmanorRankingMemberoftheSenateJudiciaryCommitteefor17years,then-SenatorBidenwaswidelyrecognizedforhisworkoncriminaljusticeissuesincludingthelandmark1994CrimeBillandtheViolenceAgainstWomenAct.AsChairmanorRankingMemberoftheSenateForeignRelationsCommitteesince1997,then-SenatorBidenplayedapivotalroleinshapingU.S.foreignpolicy.Hehasbeenattheforefrontofissuesandlegislationrelatedtoterrorism,weaponsofmassdestruction,post-ColdWarEurope,theMiddleEast,andSouthwestAsia.Now,asthe47thVicePresidentoftheUnitedStates,JoeBidenhascontinuedhisleadershiponimportantissuesfacingthenation.TheVicePresidentwastaskedwithimplementingtheAmericanRecoveryandReinvestmentAct,helpingtorebuildoureconomyandlaythefoundationforasustainableeconomicfuture.Heisalsothechairoftheadministration’sMiddleClassTaskForce,amajorWhiteHouseinitiativetargetedatraisingthelivingstandardsofmiddleclassfamiliesinAmerica.Inaddition,heisprovidingsustained,highlevelfocusfortheadministrationonIraqpolicyandhastraveledtothecountrymultipletimessincebeingelectedasVicePresident.VicePresidentBidencontinuestodrawonhisvastforeignpolicyexperience,advisingthePresidentonamultitudeofinternationalissuesandrepresentingourcountrytomanyregionsoftheworld,includingtraveltoGermany,Belgium,Chile,CostaRica,BosniaandHerzegovina,Serbia,Kosovo,Lebanon,Georgia,Ukraine,Iraq,Poland,Romania,theCzechRepublic,Israel,thePalestinianTerritories,Jordan,Spain,Egypt,Kenya,SouthAfrica,Afghanistan,Pakistan,Finland,Russia,Moldova,Italy,China,Mongolia,andJapan.