President Joe Biden
| Joe Biden | |||
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| 46th President of the United States From: January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2005 | |||
| Vice President | Kamala Harris | ||
| Predecessor | Donald Trump | ||
| Successor | Donald Trump | ||
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| Party | Democratic | ||
| Spouse(s) | Neilia Hunter (died 1972) Jill Jacobs | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.; (born November 20, 1942) is a politician a member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. He also served as the 47th Vice President under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017 and he represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
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Early life and career in the Senate
Biden, who was raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and New Castle county, Delaware, received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware in 1965 and a law degree from Syracuse University in New York in 1968. During this time he married (1966) Neilia Hunter, and the couple later had three children.
After graduating from law school, Biden returned to Delaware to work as an attorney before quickly turning to politics, serving on the New Castle county council from 1970 to 1972. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 at the age of 29, becoming the fifth youngest U.S. senator in history. About a month later his wife and infant daughter were killed in a car accident, and his two sons were seriously injured. Although he contemplated suspending his political career, Biden was persuaded to join the Senate in 1973, and he went on to win reelection six times, becoming Delaware’s longest-serving senator. In 1977 he married Jill Jacobs, an educator, and they later had a daughter. In addition to his role as U.S. senator, Biden also was an adjunct professor (1991–2008) at the Wilmington, Delaware, branch of the Widener University School of Law.[1] See also Vice President Biden
2020 Election and Fraud Charges
The 2020 election was marked by a historically large voter turnout, made possible in part by modifications in voting procedures initiated in many states to ensure that voters could cast their ballots safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic and many charges of voter fraud. Significantly more Democrats voted in the 2020 election than in previous presidential contests, and the Democratic Party not only won the presidential election but also maintained its control of the U.S. House of Representatives and took control of the U.S. Senate from Republicans, though only by the slimmest of margins (the resulting Senate membership was evenly divided between the two parties at 50 senators each, but tie votes could be broken by Vice President Harris, acting in her constitutional role as president of the Senate).[2].
Biden as President
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Since then, The US has broken ground on a few projects to rebuild our roads and bridges, upgrade transit and rail, modernize ports and airports, deliver clean and safe water, clean up legacy pollution, expand access to high-speed internet, lower energy costs, and change the US to a clean energy economy. [3] .
Abortions
Issued dozens of executive orders to make abortions easier to obtain.' [4]
Ukraine
- See also: Biden-Ukraine collusion
After helping as US vice President to replace Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych in the 2014 color revolution in Ukraine; which resulted in the First Russo-Ukrainian War which took Crimea. He rallied the world to defend Ukraine after the Kremlin's Second Russo-Ukrainian War, in February 2022, Biden pulling together the most far-reaching global coalition assembled in decades. As a result, Kyiv is still fighting today[5].
Gun Control
The first-ever federal gun trafficking and straw purchasing law, which allowed the Department of Justice to charge more than 600 defendants.
A broadened definition of who must become a licensed dealer and run background checks before selling guns.[6]
Record High Inflation
Biden's policies caused inflation that peaked at 9.1% in June 2022 and averaged over 20% from December 2020 to December 2024, significantly impacting the purchasing power of American families. [7]
2022 Election
Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives, winning a narrow majority of four seats over the 218 needed. This shift ended the Democrats' majority, which had been in place since 2019.[8].
2024 Debate and Dementia
In 2024 as the only remaining Democratic candidate. He faced increasing scrutiny over high inflation, his age, and his ability to serve another four years in the White House. He persisted amid calls for him to drop out the race before a poor debate performance against Republican opponent Donald Trump escalated public concern that he had dementia. Biden abruptly ended his presidential bid in mid-July 2024, about 15 weeks before Election Day. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who ultimately lost to Trump in November[9].
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Notes
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-Biden
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-Biden
- ↑ https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administration-record
- ↑ https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administration-record
- ↑ https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea
- ↑ https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administration-record
- ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/prices-rose-over-20-under-joe-biden-s-administration/ar-AA1wjClN
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/congress-2022-gop-republicans-midterms-1650163
- ↑ https://www.biography.com/political-figures/joe-biden
