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Line 1: − + − {{Redirect-multi|2|Biden|Joseph Biden|his son Joseph Robinette Biden III|Beau Biden|other uses|Biden (disambiguation)}}+ − + − {{pp-vandalism|small=yes}}+ − {{Use American English|date=February 2019}}+ − {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}+ − {{Infobox officeholder+ − + − + − + − Please do not restore old version without seeking consensus on talk first. -->| order = 46th+ − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − | jr/sr3 = United States Senator+ − + − + − + − | predecessor3 = [[J. Caleb Boggs]]+ − − − − | birth_place = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], U.S. − | death_date = − | death_place = − | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] − | spouse = {{plainlist| − − − | children = {{flatlist| − * [[Beau Biden|Beau]] − * [[Hunter Biden|Hunter]] − * Naomi − * [[Ashley Biden|Ashley]] − }} − | parents = {{plainlist| − * Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. − * Catherine Eugenia Finnegan − }} − | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer|author}} − | education = {{plainlist| − * [[University of Delaware]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) − * [[Syracuse University College of Law|Syracuse University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) − }} − | awards = [[List of honors and awards received by Joe Biden|List of honors and awards]] − | signature = Joe Biden Signature.svg − | website = {{plainlist| − * {{URL|joebiden.com|Campaign website}} − * {{URL|whitehouse.gov/administration/president-biden/|White House website}} − }} − | footnotes = {{Collapsible list − |titlestyle = background:lavender;text-align:center; − |title = Other offices − |bullets = on − | 2001{{refn|Biden held the chairmanship from January 3 to January 20, then was succeeded by [[Jesse Helms]] until June 6, and thereafter held the position until 2003|group=n}}–2003, 2007–2009: Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] − | 2007–2009: Chair of the [[United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control|International Narcotics Control Caucus]] − | 1987–1995: Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] − <!---There is no consensus on adding this position in infobox yet | 1971–1973: Member of the [[New Castle County Council]] from the 4th district--->}} − }} − {{Joe Biden series}} − '''Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.'''{{refn|{{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|aɪ|d|ən}} {{respell|BY|dən}}|group=n}} (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician serving as the 46th [[president of the United States]]. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he served as the 47th [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] from 2009 to 2017 under [[Barack Obama]] and represented [[Delaware]] in the [[United States Senate]] from 1973 to 2009.<!-- Please do NOT change the lead before there is consensus on the talk page. Thank you. --> − + − Raised in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], and [[New Castle County, Delaware]], Biden studied at the [[University of Delaware]] before earning his law degree from [[Syracuse University]] in 1968. He was elected to the [[New Castle County Council]] in 1970 and became the [[List of youngest members of the United States Congress#List of youngest U.S. senators|sixth-youngest senator in American history]] when he was [[1972 United States Senate election in Delaware|elected to the U.S. Senate from Delaware in 1972]], at age 29. Biden was a longtime member of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] and eventually became its chairman. He also chaired the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] from 1987 to 1995, dealing with drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties issues; led the effort to pass the [[Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act]] and the [[Violence Against Women Act]]; and oversaw six [[U.S. Supreme Court]] confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination|Robert Bork]] and [[Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination|Clarence Thomas]]. He [[Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign|ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988]] and [[Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign| 2008]].+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − <!--2008 presidential election and tenure as Vice President of the United States-->+ − Biden was reelected to the Senate six times, and was the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|fourth-most senior senator]] when he resigned to serve as Barack Obama's vice president after they won the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]]; Obama and Biden were [[2012 United States presidential election|reelected in 2012]]. As vice president, Biden oversaw [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009#Infrastructure Investment|infrastructure spending in 2009]] to counteract the [[Great Recession]]. His negotiations with congressional [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] helped pass legislation including the [[2010 Tax Relief Act]], which resolved a taxation deadlock; the [[Budget Control Act of 2011]], which resolved [[United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011|a debt ceiling crisis]]; and the [[American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012]], which addressed the impending "[[United States fiscal cliff|fiscal cliff]]". He also led efforts to pass the [[New START|United States–Russia New START treaty]] and helped formulate U.S. policy toward [[Iraq]] through the [[Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2007–2011)#Full withdrawal (2011)|withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2011]]. In January 2017, Obama awarded Biden the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] with distinction, making him the first president to receive it before taking office. − <!--President of the United States-->+ − On April 25, 2019, Biden announced [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|his candidacy in the 2020 presidential election]]. He became the presumptive Democratic nominee in April 2020 and reached the delegate threshold needed to secure the nomination in June 2020. Biden and his running mate [[Kamala Harris]] defeated incumbent president [[Donald Trump]] and vice president [[Mike Pence]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|general election]]. Biden is the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|oldest elected president]], the first from Delaware, and the [[Religious affiliations of presidents of the United States|second Catholic]]. His early activity as president centered around a [[List of executive actions by Joe Biden|series of executive orders]]. In addition to emergency actions pertaining to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], Biden's orders reversed several Trump administration policies. His reversals included rejoining the [[Paris Agreement]] on [[climate change]], reaffirming protections for [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] recipients, halting construction of the [[Trump border wall]], ending the [[National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States|national emergency at the southern border declared by the Trump administration]], ending the [[Trump travel ban]] imposed on predominantly Muslim countries, and revoking permits for the construction of the [[Keystone XL pipeline]].+ + − + + − + − {{See also|Family of Joe Biden}}+ − + − Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born November 20, 1942,<ref>{{CongBio |id=b000444 |name=Joseph R. Biden|inline=YES|access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref> at St. Mary's Hospital in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]],<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], p. 5.</ref> to Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Biden (née Finnegan) and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr.<ref name="ap010810">{{Cite news |last=Chase |first=Randall |date=January 9, 2010 |title=Vice President Biden's mother, Jean, dies at 92 |publisher=[[WITN-TV]] |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.witn.com/home/headlines/81062772.html |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520012620/https://www.witn.com/home/headlines/81062772.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 3, 2002 |title=Joseph Biden Sr., 86, father of the senator |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-09-03-0209030023-story.html |access-date=April 15, 2020 |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230113231/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-09-03-0209030023-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The oldest child in a [[Catholic]] family, he has a sister, [[Valerie Biden Owens|Valerie]], and two brothers, Francis and James.<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], p. 9.</ref> Jean was of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smolenyak |first=Megan |author-link=Megan Smolenyak |date=July 2, 2012 |title=Joe Biden's Irish Roots |work=Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bidens-irish-roots_b_1641678 |access-date=December 6, 2012 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428024327/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bidens-irish-roots_b_1641678 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2008 |title=Number two Biden has a history over Irish debate |work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]] |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/number-two-biden-has-a-history-over-irish-debate-28454443.html |access-date=January 22, 2008 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216214525/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/number-two-biden-has-a-history-over-irish-debate-28454443.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="witcover8">[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], p. 8.</ref> while Joseph Sr. had [[English people|English]], [[French people|French]], and Irish ancestry.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smolenyak |first=Megan |author-link=Megan Smolenyak |date=April–May 2013 |title=Joey From Scranton—Vice President Biden's Irish Roots |work=[[Irish America (magazine)|Irish America]] |url=https://irishamerica.com/2013/03/joey-from-scranton-vice-president-bidens-irish-roots/ |access-date=April 15, 2020 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103080608/https://irishamerica.com/2013/03/joey-from-scranton-vice-president-bidens-irish-roots/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="witcover8"/>+ − Biden's father had been wealthy, but suffered financial setbacks around the time Biden was born,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Russell|first=Katie|date=November 11, 2020|title=Joe Biden's family tree: how tragedy shaped the US president-elect|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/joe-biden-family-tree-children-ashley-hunter/|access-date=December 1, 2020|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108150352/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/joe-biden-family-tree-children-ashley-hunter/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Biden |first1=Joe |title=Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics |date=2008 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0812976212 |pages=16–17}}</ref><ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], pp. 7-8.</ref> and for several years the family lived with Biden's maternal grandparents.<ref name="nyt-father">{{Cite news |last=Broder |first=John M. |date=October 23, 2008 |title=Father's Tough Life an Inspiration for Biden |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/us/politics/24biden.html |access-date=October 24, 2008 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108082045/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/us/politics/24biden.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Scranton fell into economic decline during the 1950s and Biden's father could not find steady work.<ref name="ap-scranton">{{Cite news |last=Rubinkam |first=Michael |date=August 27, 2008 |title=Biden's Scranton childhood left lasting impression |publisher=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Aug27/0,4670,CVNBidenapossScrantonRoots,00.html |access-date=September 7, 2008 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185424/https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Aug27/0,4670,CVNBidenapossScrantonRoots,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning in 1953, the family lived in an apartment in [[Claymont, Delaware]], before moving to a house in [[Wilmington, Delaware]].<ref name="nyt-father" /> Biden Sr. later became a successful [[used-car salesman]], maintaining the family in a middle-class lifestyle.<ref name="nyt-father" /><ref name="ap-scranton" /><ref name="aap08-bio">''Almanac of American Politics'' 2008, p. 364.</ref>+ − At [[Archmere Academy]] in Claymont,<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], pp. 27, 32.</ref> Biden played baseball and was a standout [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] and [[wide receiver]] on the [[high school football]] team.<ref name=nyt-father /><ref name="tnj092808">{{Cite news |last=Frank |first=Martin |date=September 28, 2008 |title=Biden was the stuttering kid who wanted the ball |page=D.1 |work=[[The News Journal]] |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1742718581.html?FMT=ABS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601081204/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1742718581.html?FMT=ABS |archive-date=June 1, 2013}}</ref> Though a poor student, he was [[class president]] in his junior and senior years.<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], pp. 40-41.</ref><ref name="taylor99">[[#Taylor|Taylor (1990)]], p. 99.</ref> He graduated in 1961.<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], pp. 40-41.</ref> At the [[University of Delaware]] in [[Newark, Delaware|Newark]], Biden briefly played freshman football<ref>Biden, ''Promises to Keep'', pp. 27, 32–33.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fact Check: Biden's Too Tall Football Tale |url=http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/16/14489712-fact-check-bidens-too-tall-football-tale |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221225751/http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/16/14489712-fact-check-bidens-too-tall-football-tale |archive-date=December 21, 2012 |website=firstread.nbsnews.com}}</ref> and, as an unexceptional student,<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news |last1=Dionne Jr. |first1=E.J. |title=Biden Admits Plagiarism in School But Says It Was Not 'Malevolent' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=The New York Times Company |date=September 18, 1987 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121022208/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html |url-status=live }}</ref> earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1965 with a [[double major]] in [[history]] and [[political science]], and a [[Academic minor|minor]] in [[English studies|English]].<ref name="ap-timeline" /><ref>[[#Taylor|Taylor (1990)]], p. 98.</ref> Biden has a [[stutter]], which has improved since his early twenties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=July 9, 2009 |title=Letter to National Stuttering Association chairman |url=http://www.westutter.org/pdfs/Joe_Biden-PublicGreeting_NationalStutteringAssoc_7.1.09.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728173845/http://www.westutter.org/pdfs/Joe_Biden-PublicGreeting_NationalStutteringAssoc_7.1.09.pdf |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |access-date=December 9, 2010 |publisher=National Stuttering Association}}</ref> He says he reduced it by reciting poetry before a mirror,<ref name="taylor99"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2019 |title=Joe Biden's childhood struggle with a stutter: How he overcame it and how it shaped him |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-15/joe-bidens-childhood-struggle-with-a-stutter |access-date=July 24, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=September 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916173912/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-15/joe-bidens-childhood-struggle-with-a-stutter |url-status=live }}</ref> but it has been suggested that it affected his performance in the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential debates]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hendrickson |first=John |date=January–February 2020 |title=What Joe Biden Can't Bring Himself to Say |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/joe-biden-stutter-profile/602401/ |access-date=November 24, 2019 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121191228/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/joe-biden-stutter-profile/602401/ |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + − ==Marriages, law school, and early career (1966–1972)==+ − − On August 27, 1966, Biden married [[Neilia Hunter Biden|Neilia Hunter]] (1942{{ndash}}1972), a student at [[Syracuse University]],<ref name="ap-timeline">{{Cite news |date=August 23, 2008 |title=A timeline of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden's life and career |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/22/politics/p222636D16.DTL |url-status=dead |access-date=September 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925021142/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2008%2F08%2F22%2Fpolitics%2Fp222636D16.DTL |archive-date=September 25, 2008}}</ref> after overcoming her parents' reluctance for her to wed a Roman Catholic; the ceremony was held in a Catholic church in [[Skaneateles, New York (village)|Skaneateles, New York]].<ref>Biden, ''Promises to Keep'', pp. 32, 36–37.</ref> They had three children: [[Beau Biden|Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III]] (1969{{ndash}}2015), [[Hunter Biden|Robert Hunter Biden]] (born 1970), and Naomi Christina "Amy" Biden (1971{{ndash}}1972).<ref name="ap-timeline" />+ − In 1968, Biden earned a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Syracuse University College of Law]], ranked 76th in his class of 85, after failing a course due to an acknowledged "mistake" when he plagiarized a law review article for a paper he wrote in his first year at law school.<ref name="The New York Times"/> He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted]] to the [[Delaware State Bar Association|Delaware bar]] in 1969.<ref name="cong-bio">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Biden, Joseph Robinette, Jr. |encyclopedia=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000444 |access-date=August 19, 2008|date= |archive-date=August 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827044555/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000444 |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − In 1968, Biden clerked at a [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] law firm headed by prominent local [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] William Prickett and, he later said, "thought of myself as a Republican".<ref name="dmn-87">{{Cite news |last=Leubsdorf |first=Carl P. |date=September 6, 1987 |title=Biden Keeps Sights Set On White House |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_text_direct-0=0ED3CF5858543A33&p_field_direct-0=document_id |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103080715/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_text_direct-0=0ED3CF5858543A33&p_field_direct-0=document_id |url-status=live }} Reprinted in {{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/washington/cleubsdorf/stories/082308dnpolbiden87profile.4d6e19b.html|title=Lifelong ambition led Joe Biden to Senate, White House aspirations|date=August 23, 2008|newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919060037/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/washington/cleubsdorf/stories/082308dnpolbiden87profile.4d6e19b.html|archive-date=September 19, 2008}}</ref><ref name="time-barrett">{{Cite news |last=Barrett |first=Laurence I. |date=June 22, 1987 |title=Campaign Portrait, Joe Biden: Orator for the Next Generation |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964716,00.html |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113235512/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964716,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He disliked incumbent Democratic Delaware governor [[Charles L. Terry]]'s conservative racial politics and supported a more liberal Republican, [[Russell W. Peterson]], who defeated Terry in 1968.<ref name="dmn-87" /> Biden was recruited by local Republicans but registered as an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] because of his distaste for Republican presidential candidate [[Richard Nixon]].<ref name="dmn-87" />+ + + + + − In 1969, Biden practiced law first as a [[public defender]] and then at a firm headed by a locally active Democrat<ref name="cby-43">''Current Biography Yearbook 1987'', p. 43.</ref><ref name="dmn-87" /> who named him to the Democratic Forum, a group trying to reform and revitalize the state party;<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], p. 86.</ref> Biden subsequently reregistered as a Democrat.<ref name="dmn-87" /> He and another attorney also formed a law firm.<ref name="cby-43" /> [[Corporate law]], however, did not appeal to him, and [[criminal law]] did not pay well.<ref name="nyt-father" /> He supplemented his income by managing properties.<ref name="watn020109">{{Cite news |last=Palmer |first=Nancy Doyle |date=February 1, 2009 |title=Joe Biden: 'Everyone Calls Me Joe' |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/02/01/joe-biden-everyone-calls-me-joe/ |access-date=February 4, 2009 |archive-date=July 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731071850/https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/02/01/joe-biden-everyone-calls-me-joe/ |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − In 1970, Biden ran for the 4th District Seat on the [[New Castle County Council]] on a liberal platform that included support for public housing in the suburbs.<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], p. 59.</ref><ref name="cby-43" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harriman |first=Jane |date=December 31, 1969 |title=Joe Biden: Hope for Democratic Party in '72? |page=3 |work=Newspapers.com |publisher=The News Journal |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=8326887 |access-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802170920/http://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=8326887 |url-status=live }}</ref> The seat had been held by Republican Henry R. Folsom, who was running in the 5th District following a reapportionment of council districts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://udspace.udel.edu/bitstream/handle/19716/24355/MSS0733_F5.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Republican Information Center: 1970 List of Candidates |last=Delaware Republican State Headquarters |date=1970 |website=University of Delaware Library Institutional Repository |publisher=University of Delaware |location=Newark, DE |access-date=January 13, 2021 |page=11 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185424/https://udspace.udel.edu/bitstream/handle/19716/24355/MSS0733_F5.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 1, 1969 |title=County Ponders Housing Code |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67562209/housing-code/ |work=[[The News Journal]] |location=Wilmington, DE |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185425/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67562209/housing-code/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lockman |first=Norm |date=December 20, 1969 |title=New Housing Code Favored for County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67562907/housing-code/ |work=[[The News Journal]] |location=Wilmington, DE |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185426/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67562907/housing-code/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden won the general election, and took office on January 5, 1971.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 2, 1971 |title=County Council to Take Oath |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67554678/council-oath/ |work=[[The News Journal]] |location=Wilmington, DE |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185436/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67554678/council-oath/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 6, 1971 |title=Conner Calls Shake of 7 Lucky Omen for Council |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67567899/lucky-omen/ |work=[[The News Journal]] |location=Wilmington, DE |page=3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185426/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67567899/lucky-omen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He served until January 1, 1973, and was succeeded by Democrat Francis R. Swift.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 2, 1973 |title=Maloney Seeks New Businesses |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67556072/maloney-seeks/ |work=[[The News Journal]] |location=Wilmington, DE |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185512/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67556072/maloney-seeks/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 30, 1972 |title=Swift Seeks 4th District County Seat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67555654/swift-seeks/ |work=[[The News Journal]] |location=Wilmington, DE |page=41 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185450/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67555654/swift-seeks/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 8, 1972 |title=GOP Decade Ends with Slawik Win |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67555456/gop-decade/ |work=[[The News Journal]] |location=Wilmington, DE |page=3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185431/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67555456/gop-decade/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zintl |first=Terry |date=March 14, 1973 |title=Shop Center Hackles Rise In Hockessin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67561659/shop-center/ |work=[[The News Journal]] |location=Wilmington, DE |page=64 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185432/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67561659/shop-center/ |url-status=live }}</ref> During his time on the county council, Biden opposed large highway projects, which he argued might disrupt Wilmington neighborhoods.<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], p. 62.</ref>+ − ===1972 U.S. Senate campaign in Delaware===+ − − [[File:US Senate 1972 Delaware by State House District.svg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|Results of the 1972 U.S. Senate election in [[Delaware]]]] − In 1972, Biden defeated Republican incumbent [[J. Caleb Boggs]] to become the junior U.S. senator from Delaware. He was the only Democrat willing to challenge Boggs.<ref name="cby-43" /> With minimal campaign funds, he was given no chance of winning.<ref name="nyt-father" /> Family members managed and staffed the campaign, which relied on meeting voters face-to-face and hand-distributing position papers,<ref name="npr-72">{{Cite news |last=Naylor |first=Brian |date=October 8, 2007 |title=Biden's Road to Senate Took Tragic Turn |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14999603 |access-date=September 12, 2008 |archive-date=September 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911183158/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14999603 |url-status=live }}</ref> an approach made feasible by Delaware's small size.<ref name="watn020109" /> He received help from the [[AFL–CIO]] and Democratic pollster [[Patrick Caddell]].<ref name="cby-43" /> His platform focused on the environment, withdrawal from Vietnam, civil rights, mass transit, equitable taxation, health care, and public dissatisfaction with "politics as usual".<ref name="cby-43" /><ref name="npr-72" /> A few months before the election, Biden trailed Boggs by almost thirty percentage points,<ref name="cby-43" /> but his energy, attractive young family, and ability to connect with voters' emotions worked to his advantage,<ref name="aap08-bio" /> and he won with 50.5 percent of the vote.<ref name="npr-72" /> At the time of his election, he was still 29 years old, but reached the constitutionally required age of 30 before he was sworn in as Senator.<ref name=25things>{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/vice-president-joe-biden-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-w206893/|title=President Joe Biden: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me!|work=Us Weekly|date=January 20, 2021|publisher=A360 Media LLC}}</ref>+ + + + − ===Death of wife and daughter===+ − On December 18, 1972, a few weeks after the election, Biden's wife Neilia and one-year-old daughter Naomi were killed in an automobile accident while Christmas shopping in [[Hockessin, Delaware]].<ref name="ap-timeline" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 19, 1972 |title=Biden's Wife, Child Killed in Car Crash |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/19/archives/bidens-wife-child-killed-in-car-crash.html |page=9 |access-date=January 8, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202063824/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/19/archives/bidens-wife-child-killed-in-car-crash.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Neilia's station wagon was hit by a [[semi-trailer truck]] as she pulled out from an intersection. Their sons Beau (aged{{nbsp}}3) and Hunter (aged{{nbsp}}2) survived the accident and were taken to the hospital in fair condition, Beau with a broken leg and other wounds, and Hunter with a minor skull fracture and other head injuries.<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], pp. 93, 98.</ref> Biden considered resigning to care for them,<ref name="aap08-bio" /> but [[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Mike Mansfield]] persuaded him not to.<ref name="lat-joe">{{Cite news|last=Levey|first=Noam M.|date=August 24, 2008|title=In his home state, Biden is a regular Joe|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-24-na-biden24-story.html|access-date=September 7, 2008|archive-date=December 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230125100/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-24-na-biden24-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − Years later, Biden said he had heard that the truck driver allegedly drank alcohol before the collision. The driver's family denied that claim, and the police never substantiated it. Biden later apologized to the family.<ref name="dj-no-dui2">{{Cite news|last=Kipp|first=Rachel|date=September 4, 2008|title=No DUI in crash that killed Biden's 1st wife, but he's implied otherwise|page=A.1|work=The News Journal|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1743377101.html?FMT=ABS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601102455/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1743377101.html?FMT=ABS|archive-date=June 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2008 |title=A Senator's Past: The Biden Car Crash|publisher=Inside Edition|url=http://insideedition.com/storyprint.aspx?SpecialReportID=2048 |url-status=dead|access-date=May 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601072408/http://insideedition.com/storyprint.aspx?SpecialReportID=2048|archive-date=June 1, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Orr|first=Bob|date=March 24, 2009 |title=Driver In Biden Crash Wanted Name Cleared |agency=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/driver-in-biden-crash-wanted-name-cleared/ |access-date=March 13, 2017|archive-date=March 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063826/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/driver-in-biden-crash-wanted-name-cleared/|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hamilton|first=Carl|date=October 30, 2008 |title=Daughter of man in '72 Biden crash seeks apology from widowed Senator |agency=Newark Post |url=https://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/local/article_6c9a477e-63be-561b-b771-1330b4cda02d.html |access-date=March 13, 2017 |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116124422/http://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/local/article_6c9a477e-63be-561b-b771-1330b4cda02d.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kruse|first=Michael|date=March 24, 2009|title=How Grief Became Joe Biden's 'Superpower'|agency=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/25/joe-biden-2019-profile-grief-beau-car-accident-224178|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613012910/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/25/joe-biden-2019-profile-grief-beau-car-accident-224178|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − The accident had filled him with anger and religious doubt. He wrote that he "felt God had played a horrible trick" on him,<ref>Biden, ''Promises to Keep'', p. 81</ref> and he had trouble focusing on work.<ref name="nyt-ease">{{Cite news |last=Bumiller |first=Elisabeth |author-link=Elisabeth Bumiller |date=December 14, 2007 |title=Biden Campaigning With Ease After Hardships |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/us/politics/14biden.html |access-date=September 13, 2008 |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210154755/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/us/politics/14biden.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="npr-int">{{Cite news |date=August 1, 2007 |title=On Becoming Joe Biden |work=Morning Edition |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12389154 |access-date=September 12, 2008 |archive-date=September 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909093445/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12389154 |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − ===Second marriage===+ − [[File:Joe and Jilly Biden early photo.jpg|thumb|Biden and his second wife, [[Jill Biden|Jill]], met in 1975 and married in 1977]] − Biden credits his second wife, teacher [[Jill Biden|Jill Tracy Jacobs]], with the renewal of his interest in politics and life;<ref>Biden, ''Promises to Keep'', p. 113.</ref> they met in 1975 on a blind date<ref name="nyt082508">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/us/politics/25wife.html |title=Jill Biden Heads Toward Life in the Spotlight |last=Seelye |first=Katharine Q. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 24, 2008 |access-date=August 25, 2008 |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210193454/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/us/politics/25wife.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and were married at the [[Church Center for the United Nations|United Nations chapel]] in New York on June 17, 1977.<ref name="coxns-jill">{{cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2008-10-24-a3bidenwife24-story.html |title=Bidens met, forged life together after tragedy |last=Dart |first=Bob |agency=[[Cox News Service]] |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=October 24, 2008 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020153208/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2008-10-24-a3bidenwife24-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Biden, ''Promises to Keep'', p. 117.</ref> They are Roman Catholics and attend Mass at [[St. Joseph's on the Brandywine]] in [[Greenville, Delaware]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Parishioners not surprised to see Biden at usual Mass |last=Gibson|first=Ginger |newspaper=[[The News Journal]] |date=August 25, 2008 |page=A.12 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1742751081.html?FMT=ABS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601093036/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1742751081.html?FMT=ABS |archive-date=June 1, 2013 }}</ref> Their daughter [[Ashley Biden|Ashley Blazer]] (born 1981)<ref name="ap-timeline" /> is a social worker. She is married to physician [[Howard Krein]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/fashion/weddings/ashley-biden-howard-krein-wedding.html |title=Ashley Biden and Howard Krein |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 3, 2012 |page=ST15 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101001405/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/fashion/weddings/ashley-biden-howard-krein-wedding.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Beau Biden became an Army [[Judge Advocate]] in Iraq and later [[Delaware Attorney General]];<ref>{{cite news|access-date=August 23, 2008|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121919956426355701|title=Biden's Foreign Policy Background Carries Growing Cachet|last=Cooper|first=Christopher|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=August 20, 2008|page=A4|archive-date=August 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813071718/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121919956426355701.html?mod=googlenews_wsj|url-status=live}}</ref> he died of brain cancer in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vice-president-joe-bidens-son-beau-dies-n367171 |first=Phil |last=Helsel |title=Beau Biden, Son of Vice President Joe Biden, Dies After Battle With Brain Cancer |work=NBC News |date=May 31, 2015 |access-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-date=January 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122170447/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vice-president-joe-bidens-son-beau-dies-n367171 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Kane |date=May 31, 2015 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Family losses frame Vice President Biden's career |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/beau-biden-vice-presidents-son-dies-of-brain-cancer-at-46/2015/05/31/4198da78-07c6-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html |access-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230125058/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/beau-biden-vice-presidents-son-dies-of-brain-cancer-at-46/2015/05/31/4198da78-07c6-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Hunter Biden is a Washington lobbyist and investment adviser.<ref name="nydn122808">{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/12/27/2008-12-27_from_a_blind_date_to_second_lady_jill_bi.html |title=From a blind date to second lady, Jill Biden's coming into her own |last=Evans |first=Heidi |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York |date=December 28, 2008 |access-date=January 3, 2009 |archive-date=January 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104002628/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/12/27/2008-12-27_from_a_blind_date_to_second_lady_jill_bi.html |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + + − From 1991 to 2008, Biden co-taught a [[seminar]] on [[constitutional law]] at [[Widener University School of Law]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fact check: If he loses election, Biden said he wants to teach, but where is uncertain|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/28/fact-check-joe-biden-wants-return-teaching-if-he-loses-election/6037909002/|access-date=October 11, 2020|publisher=USA Today|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101033652/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/28/fact-check-joe-biden-wants-return-teaching-if-he-loses-election/6037909002/|url-status=live}}</ref> The seminar often had a waiting list. Biden sometimes flew back from overseas to teach the class.<ref>{{cite web|title=Faculty: Joseph R. Biden, Jr.|url=http://law.widener.edu/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDeAdj/BidenJosephR.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006123224/http://law.widener.edu/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDeAdj/BidenJosephR.aspx|archive-date=October 6, 2008|access-date=September 24, 2008|publisher=[[Widener University School of Law]]}}</ref><ref name="wid-veep-elect" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Purchla|first=Matt|date=August 26, 2008|title=For Widener Law students, a teacher aims high|publisher=[[Metro International|Metro Philadelphia]]|url=http://philly.metro.us/metro/local/article/For_Widener_Law_students_a_teacher_aims_high/13457.html|url-status=dead|access-date=September 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004214751/http://philly.metro.us/metro/local/article/For_Widener_Law_students_a_teacher_aims_high/13457.html|archive-date=October 4, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Carey|first=Kathleen E.|date=August 27, 2008|title=Widener students proud of Biden|publisher=[[Delaware County Daily and Sunday Times]]|url=http://www.delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20094884&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18171&rfi=6|url-status=dead|access-date=September 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919152356/http://www.delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20094884&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18171&rfi=6|archive-date=September 19, 2008}}</ref>+ − ==U.S. Senate (1973–2009)==+ − + + + + + + + + − + − + + + + − In January 1973, [[Secretary of the United States Senate|secretary of the Senate]] [[Francis R. Valeo]] swore Biden in at the [[Delaware Division of the Wilmington Medical Center]].<ref name="ap-sworn">{{Cite news |date=January 6, 1973 |title=Oath Solemn |page=11 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yadYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5556,1874966 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103080828/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yadYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5556%2C1874966 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="witcover9398">[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], pp. 93, 98.</ref> Present were his sons Beau (whose leg was still in traction from the automobile accident) and Hunter and other family members.<ref name="ap-sworn" /><ref name="witcover9398"/> At 30, he was the [[List of youngest members of the United States Congress#List of youngest U.S. senators|sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Youngest Senator |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Youngest_Senator.htm |access-date=August 25, 2008 |publisher=United States Senate |archive-date=December 26, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021226155950/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Youngest_Senator.htm |url-status=live }} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>Byrd, Robert and Wolff, Wendy ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PeHByMYxVm8C&pg=PA285 Senate, 1789–1989: Historical Statistics, 1789–1992, Volume 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103080837/https://books.google.com/books?id=PeHByMYxVm8C&pg=PA285 |date=January 3, 2021 }}'', p. 285 (Government Printing Office 1993) {{PD-notice}}</ref>+ − To see his sons daily,<ref name="family values">{{Cite news |last=Pride |first=Mike |date=December 1, 2007 |title=Biden a smart guy who has lived his family values |work=Concord Monitor |url=http://concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071201/OPINION/712010307 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203001952/http://concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071201%2FOPINION%2F712010307 |archive-date=December 3, 2007}}</ref> Biden commuted by [[Amtrak|train]] between his Delaware home and D.C.—90 minutes each way—and maintained this habit throughout his 36 years in the Senate.<ref name="aap08-bio" /> + + + − During his early years in the Senate, Biden focused on consumer protection and environmental issues and called for greater government accountability.<ref name="time-200-fut">{{Cite news |date=July 15, 1974 |title=200 Faces for the Future |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879402-6,00.html |access-date=August 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813045404/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879402-6,00.html |archive-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref> In a 1974 interview, he described himself as liberal on civil rights and liberties, senior citizens' concerns and healthcare but conservative on other issues, including abortion and [[military conscription]].<ref name="The Washingtonian-June-1974">{{Cite news |last=Kelley |first=Kitty |date=June 1, 1974 |title=Death and the All-American Boy |work=The Washingtonian |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/1974/06/01/joe-biden-kitty-kelley-1974-profile-death-and-the-all-american-boy/ |access-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110162757/https://www.washingtonian.com/1974/06/01/joe-biden-kitty-kelley-1974-profile-death-and-the-all-american-boy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − In his first decade in the Senate, Biden focused on [[arms control]].<ref name="nyt-foreign" /><ref name="cby-45">''Current Biography Yearbook 1987'', p. 45.</ref> After Congress failed to ratify the [[SALT II]] Treaty signed in 1979 by [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet general secretary]] [[Leonid Brezhnev]] and President [[Jimmy Carter]], Biden met with Soviet Foreign Minister [[Andrei Gromyko]] to communicate American concerns and secured changes that addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's objections.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salacuse|first=Jeswald W.|url=https://archive.org/details/leadingleaders00jesw|title=Leading Leaders: How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich and Powerful People|publisher=American Management Association|year=2005|isbn=0-8144-0855-9}} p. 144.</ref> When the [[Reagan administration]] wanted to interpret the 1972 [[SALT I]] treaty loosely to allow development of the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]], Biden argued for strict adherence to the treaty.<ref name="nyt-foreign" /> He received considerable attention when he excoriated Secretary of State [[George Shultz]] at a Senate hearing for the Reagan administration's support of [[South Africa]] despite its continued policy of [[apartheid]].<ref name="dmn-87" />+ − [[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C20355 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Biden shaking hands with President [[Ronald Reagan]], 1984]]+ − + − In 1993, Biden voted for a provision that deemed homosexuality incompatible with military life, thereby banning gays from serving in the armed forces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=govinfo |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2010-title10/USCODE-2010-title10-subtitleA-partII-chap37-sec654 |access-date=May 6, 2019 |website=govinfo.gov |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506191328/https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2010-title10/USCODE-2010-title10-subtitleA-partII-chap37-sec654 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Epstein |first1=Reid J. |last2=Lerer |first2=Lisa |date=September 20, 2019 |title=Joe Biden Has Tense Exchange Over L.G.B.T.Q. Record |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/us/politics/lgbt-forum-2020.html |access-date=April 15, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416100800/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/us/politics/lgbt-forum-2020.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=A. Del |first=Jose |title=Sanders attacks Biden's record on gay rights and women's issues |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-calls-biden-my-friend-then-he-goes-on-the-attack/2020/03/08/20a23f86-60d0-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html |access-date=April 15, 2020 |website=Washington Post |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308233903/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-calls-biden-my-friend-then-he-goes-on-the-attack/2020/03/08/20a23f86-60d0-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996, he voted for the [[Defense of Marriage Act]], which prohibited the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, thereby barring individuals in such marriages from equal protection under federal law and allowing states to do the same.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 104th Congress—2nd Session |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104&session=2&vote=00280 |access-date=June 12, 2019 |website=senate.gov |archive-date=May 7, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507161358/http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, the act was ruled unconstitutional in ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=de Vogue |first1=Ariane |last2=Diamond |first2=Jeremy |title=Supreme Court rules states must allow same-sex marriage |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/politics/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-ruling/index.html |access-date=June 12, 2019 |website=CNN |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627065146/https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/politics/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-ruling/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − ====Opposition to busing====+ − In the mid-1970s, Biden was one of the Senate's strongest opponents of [[race-integration busing]]. His Delaware constituents strongly opposed it, and such opposition nationwide later led his party to mostly abandon school integration policies.<ref name="Gadsen">{{Cite news |last=Gadsden |first=Brett |date=May 5, 2019 |title=Here's How Deep Biden's Busing Problem Runs |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/05/joe-biden-busing-problem-226791 |access-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505123922/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/05/joe-biden-busing-problem-226791 |url-status=live }}</ref> In his first Senate campaign, Biden had expressed support for busing to remedy ''[[de jure]]'' [[Racial segregation|segregation]], as in the South, but opposed its use to remedy ''[[de facto]]'' segregation arising from racial patterns of neighborhood residency, as in Delaware; he opposed a proposed constitutional amendment banning busing entirely.{{sfn|Gadsen|2012|page=214}}+ + − In May 1974, Biden voted to table a proposal containing anti-busing and anti-desegregation clauses but later voted for a modified version containing a qualification that it was not intended to weaken the judiciary's power to enforce the [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|5th Amendment]] and [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment]].<ref name="Sokol">{{Cite news |last=Sokol |first=Jason |date=April 25, 2019 |title=How a Young Joe Biden Turned Liberals Against Integration |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/04/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968 |access-date=April 25, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110162959/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/04/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1975, he supported a proposal that would have prevented the [[Department of Health, Education, and Welfare]] from cutting federal funds to districts that refused to integrate;{{sfn|Gadsen|2012|pages=220–221}} he said busing was a "bankrupt idea [violating] the cardinal rule of common sense" and that his opposition would make it easier for other liberals to follow suit.<ref name="cby-44">''Current Biography Yearbook 1987'', p. 44.</ref> At the same time he supported initiatives on housing, job opportunities and voting rights.<ref name="Sokol" /> Biden supported a measure{{when|date=October 2020}} forbidding the use of federal funds for transporting students beyond the school closest to them. In 1977, he co-sponsored an amendment closing loopholes in that measure, which President Carter signed into law in 1978.<ref name="Raffel1998">{{Cite book |last=Raffel |first=Jeffrey A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gA1JljCpxzEC&pg=PA90 |title=Historical Dictionary of School Segregation and Desegregation: The American Experience |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-313-29502-7 |page=90 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930184823/https://books.google.com/books?id=gA1JljCpxzEC&pg=PA90 |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + + − + − In February 1988, after several episodes of increasingly severe neck pain, Biden was taken by ambulance to [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]] for surgery to correct a leaking [[intracranial berry aneurysm]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Altman |first=Lawrence K. |date=February 23, 1998 |title=The Doctor's World; Subtle Clues Are Often The Only Warnings Of Perilous Aneurysms |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/23/science/the-doctors-world-subtle-clues-are-often-the-only-warnings-of-perilous-aneurysms.html |access-date=August 23, 2008 |archive-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428023004/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/23/science/the-doctors-world-subtle-clues-are-often-the-only-warnings-of-perilous-aneurysms.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nyt-4cmed">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/us/politics/20health.html|title=Many Holes in Disclosure of Nominees' Health|last=Altman|first=Lawrence K.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 19, 2008|access-date=October 26, 2008|archive-date=February 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225194337/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/us/politics/20health.html|url-status=live}}</ref> While recuperating, he suffered a [[pulmonary embolism]], a serious complication.<ref name="nyt-4cmed" /> After a second aneurysm was surgically repaired in May,<ref name="nyt-4cmed" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/04/us/biden-resting-after-surgery-for-second-brain-aneurysm.html |title=Biden Resting After Surgery For Second Brain Aneurysm |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 4, 1988 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105212210/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/04/us/biden-resting-after-surgery-for-second-brain-aneurysm.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden's recuperation kept him away from the Senate for seven months.<ref name="ap-aug22">{{cite news |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/vp-candidate-profile-sen-joe-biden/ |title=V.P. candidate profile: Sen. Joe Biden |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=August 22, 2008 |access-date=September 7, 2008 |first=Calvin |last=Woodward |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230131941/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/vp-candidate-profile-sen-joe-biden/ |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Joe Biden in 1987 at White House.png|thumb|left|upright|Biden at the White House in 1987]]+ − ===1988 presidential campaign===+ − {{Main|Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign}} − Biden formally declared his candidacy for the [[1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1988 Democratic presidential nomination]] on June 9, 1987.<ref name="nyt-1987-ann">{{Cite news |last=Dionne Jr. |first=E. J. |author-link=E. J. Dionne |date=June 10, 1987 |title=Biden Joins Campaign for the Presidency |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/10/us/biden-joins-campaign-for-the-presidency.html |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=November 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105150453/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/10/us/biden-joins-campaign-for-the-presidency.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was considered a strong candidate because of his moderate image, his speaking ability, his high profile as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the upcoming [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination]] hearings, and his appeal to [[Baby Boomer]]s; he would have been the second-youngest person elected president, after [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name="dmn-87" /><ref name="nyt083187">{{Cite news |last=Toner |first=Robin |date=August 31, 1987 |title=Biden, Once the Field's Hot Democrat, Is Being Overtaken by Cooler Rivals |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/31/us/biden-once-the-field-s-hot-democrat-is-being-overtaken-by-cooler-rivals.html |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103084657/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/31/us/biden-once-the-field-s-hot-democrat-is-being-overtaken-by-cooler-rivals.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="taylor83"/> He raised more in the first quarter of 1987 than any other candidate.<ref name="nyt083187" /><ref name="taylor83">[[#Taylor|Taylor (1990)]], p. 83.</ref> − By August his campaign's messaging had become confused due to staff rivalries,<ref>[[#Taylor|Taylor (1990)]], pp. 108-109.</ref> and in September, he was accused of [[plagiarism|plagiarizing]] a speech by British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Neil Kinnock]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |author-link=Maureen Dowd |date=September 12, 1987 |title=Biden's Debate Finale: An Echo From Abroad |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/12/us/biden-s-debate-finale-an-echo-from-abroad.html |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215003637/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/12/us/biden-s-debate-finale-an-echo-from-abroad.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden's speech had similar lines about being the first person in his family to attend university. Biden had credited Kinnock with the formulation on previous occasions,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Randolph |first=Eleanor |date=September 13, 1987 |title=Plagiarism Suggestion Angers Biden's Aides |page=A6 |work=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/09/13/plagiarism-suggestion-angers-bidens-aides/912bfcf1-b3f3-4850-a14d-e8b0bee1ed63/ |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081200/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/09/13/plagiarism-suggestion-angers-bidens-aides/912bfcf1-b3f3-4850-a14d-e8b0bee1ed63/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="lat-speech" /> but did not on two occasions in late August.<ref name="Whose Broad Stripes">{{Cite book|last1=Germond|first1=Jack|url=https://archive.org/details/whosebroadstripe00germ|title=Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars? The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency 1988|last2=Witcover|first2=Jules|publisher=[[Warner Books]]|year=1989|isbn=0-446-51424-1|author-link=Jack Germond|author-link2=Jules Witcover}}</ref>{{rp|230–232}}<ref name="lat-speech">{{Cite news |last1=Risen |first1=James |author-link=James Risen |last2=Shogan |first2=Robert |date=September 16, 1987 |title=Differing Versions Cited on Source of Passages: Biden Facing New Flap Over Speeches |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-16-mn-5412-story.html |access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081219/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-16-mn-5412-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Earlier that year he had also used passages from a 1967 speech by [[Robert F. Kennedy]] (for which his aides took blame) and a short phrase from [[inaugural address of John F. Kennedy|John F. Kennedy's inaugural address]]; two years earlier he had used a 1976 passage by [[Hubert Humphrey]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |author-link=Maureen Dowd |date=September 16, 1987 |title=Biden Is Facing Growing Debate On His Speeches |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/16/us/biden-is-facing-growing-debate-on-his-speeches.html |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081135/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/16/us/biden-is-facing-growing-debate-on-his-speeches.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden responded that politicians often borrow from one another without giving credit, and that one of his rivals for the nomination, [[Jesse Jackson]], had called him to point out that he (Jackson) had used the same material by Humphrey that Biden had used.<ref name="aap08-bio" /><ref name="nyt091887">{{Cite news |last=Dionne |first=E. J., Jr. |author-link=E. J. Dionne |date=September 18, 1987 |title=Biden Admits Plagiarism in School But Says It Was Not 'Malevolent' |work=The New York Times|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE3DB143FF93BA2575AC0A961948260 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120023426/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE3DB143FF93BA2575AC0A961948260 |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − A few days later, an incident in law school in which he drew text from a ''[[Fordham Law Review]]'' article with inadequate citations was publicized.<ref name="nyt091887" /> Biden was required to repeat the course and passed with high marks.<ref>{{Cite news |last=May |first=Lee |date=September 18, 1987 |title=Biden Admits Plagiarism in Writing Law School Brief |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://articles.latimes.com/print/1987-09-18/news/mn-5748_1_law-school |access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=September 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130911001224/http://articles.latimes.com/print/1987-09-18/news/mn-5748_1_law-school |url-status=live }}</ref> At Biden's request the Delaware Supreme Court's Board of Professional Responsibility reviewed the incident and concluded that he had violated no rules.<ref name="nyt-cleared">{{Cite news |date=May 29, 1989 |title=Professional Board Clears Biden In Two Allegations of Plagiarism |work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DD1230F93AA15756C0A96F948260 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202123351/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DD1230F93AA15756C0A96F948260 |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + − He made several false or exaggerated claims about his early life: that he had earned three degrees in college, that he had attended law school on a full scholarship, that he had graduated in the top half of his class,<ref name="nyt092287">{{Cite news |last=Dionne |first=E. J., Jr. |author-link=E. J. Dionne |date=September 22, 1987 |title=Biden Admits Errors and Criticizes Latest Report |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/22/us/biden-admits-errors-and-criticizes-latest-report.html |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081243/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/22/us/biden-admits-errors-and-criticizes-latest-report.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2008 |title=1988 Road to the White House with Sen. Biden |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1j0FS0Z6ho |access-date=October 3, 2012 |publisher=C-SPAN via YouTube |archive-date=November 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114231347/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1j0FS0Z6ho |url-status=live }}</ref> and that he had marched in the [[civil rights movement]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flegenheimer |first=Matt |date=June 3, 2019 |title=Biden's First Run for President Was a Calamity. Some Missteps Still Resonate. |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/us/politics/biden-1988-presidential-campaign.html |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603140340/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/us/politics/biden-1988-presidential-campaign.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The limited amount of other news about the race amplified these revelations<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pomper |first=Gerald M. |url=https://archive.org/details/electionof1988re00pomp/page/37 |title=The Election of 1988 |publisher=Chatham House Publishers |year=1989 |isbn=0-934540-77-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/electionof1988re00pomp/page/37 37] |chapter=The Presidential Nominations |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/electionof1988re00pomp}}</ref> and on September 23, 1987, Biden withdrew from the race, saying his candidacy had been overrun by "the exaggerated shadow" of his past mistakes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dionne Jr. |first=E. J. |author-link=E. J. Dionne |date=September 24, 1987 |title=Biden Withdraws Bid for President in Wake of Furor |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/24/us/biden-withdraws-bid-for-president-in-wake-of-furor.html |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=December 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221235355/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/24/us/biden-withdraws-bid-for-president-in-wake-of-furor.html |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − + + + + − ===Senate Judiciary Committee===+ − [[File:Biden Crime Bill.jpg|thumb|right|Biden speaking at the signing of the [[1994 Crime Bill]] with President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1994]] − Biden was a longtime member of the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Committee on the Judiciary]]. He chaired it from 1987 to 1995 and was [[ranking member|ranking minority member]] from 1981 to 1987 and from 1995 to 1997.+ − As chairman, Biden presided over two highly contentious [[U.S. Supreme Court]] confirmation hearings.<ref name="aap08-bio" /> When [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination|Robert Bork was nominated]] in 1988, Biden reversed his approval{{mdashb}}given in an interview the previous year{{mdashb}}of a hypothetical Bork nomination. Conservatives were angered,<ref name="bronner">Bronner, ''Battle for Justice'', pp. 138–139, 214, 305.</ref> but at the hearings' close Biden was praised for his fairness, humor, and courage.<ref name="bronner" /><ref name="nyt-lg-87">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/08/us/washington-talk-the-bork-hearings-for-biden-epoch-of-belief-epoch-of-incredulity.html |title=Washington Talk: The Bork Hearings; For Biden: Epoch of Belief, Epoch of Incredulity |last=Greenhouse |first=Linda |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 8, 1987 |author-link=Linda Greenhouse |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111141909/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/08/us/washington-talk-the-bork-hearings-for-biden-epoch-of-belief-epoch-of-incredulity.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rejecting the arguments of some Bork opponents,<ref name="aap08-bio" /> Biden framed his objections to Bork in terms of the conflict between Bork's strong [[originalism]] and the view that the [[U.S. Constitution]] provides rights to liberty and privacy beyond those explicitly enumerated in its text.<ref name="nyt-lg-87" /> Bork's nomination was rejected in the committee by a 9–5 vote<ref name="nyt-lg-87" /> and then in the full Senate, 58–42.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/24/us/senate-s-roll-call-on-the-bork-vote.html|title=Senate's Roll-Call On the Bork Vote|date=October 24, 1987|newspaper=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103084644/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/24/us/senate-s-roll-call-on-the-bork-vote.html|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − During [[Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination|Clarence Thomas's nomination hearings]] in 1991, Biden's questions on constitutional issues were often convoluted to the point that Thomas sometimes lost track of them,<ref name="mayer-abramson">Mayer; Abramson, ''Strange Justice'', p. 213, 218, 336.</ref> and Thomas later wrote that Biden's questions were akin to "[[beanball]]s".<ref name="thomas-vi">{{cite news |title=Clarence Thomas: A Silent Justice Speaks Out: Part VI: Becoming a Judge—and perhaps a Justice |last=Greenburg |first=Jan Crawford |work=[[ABC News]] |date=September 30, 2007 |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=3664944&page=4 |access-date=October 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622121644/https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=3664944&page=4 |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the committee hearing closed, the public learned that [[Anita Hill]], a [[University of Oklahoma]] law school professor, had accused Thomas of [[Sexual harassment|making unwelcome sexual comments]] when they had worked together.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101289|title=Nina Totenberg, NPR Biography|access-date=May 31, 2008|publisher=NPR|archive-date=April 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414042451/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101289|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Excerpt from Nina Totenberg's breaking National Public Radio report on Anita Hill's accusation of sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas.|url=http://jwa.org/feminism/_html/_transcripts/transcript_JWA071a.htm|access-date=October 5, 2008|date=October 6, 1991|publisher=NPR|archive-date=February 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221202700/http://jwa.org/feminism/_html/_transcripts/transcript_JWA071a.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden had known of some of these charges, but initially shared them only with the committee because Hill was then unwilling to testify.<ref name="aap08-bio" /> The committee hearing was reopened and Hill testified, but Biden did not permit testimony from other witnesses, such as a woman who had made similar charges and experts on harassment,<ref name="nyt-hill">{{cite news |url=https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/biden-and-anita-hill-revisited/ |title=Biden and Anita Hill, Revisited |last=Phillips |first=Kate |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 23, 2008 |access-date=September 12, 2008 |archive-date=September 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911204456/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/biden-and-anita-hill-revisited/ |url-status=live }}</ref> saying he wanted to preserve Thomas's privacy and the hearings' decency.<ref name="mayer-abramson" /><ref name="nyt-hill" /> The full Senate confirmed Thomas by a 52–48 vote, with Biden opposed.<ref name="aap08-bio" /> Liberal legal advocates and women's groups felt strongly that Biden had mishandled the hearings and not done enough to support Hill.<ref name="nyt-hill" /> Biden later sought out women to serve on the Judiciary Committee and emphasized women's issues in the committee's legislative agenda.<ref name="aap08-bio" /> In 2019, he told Hill he regretted his treatment of her, but Hill said afterward she remained unsatisfied.<ref name="NYT-Stolberg-Hulse">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill.html|title=Joe Biden Expresses Regret to Anita Hill, but She Says 'I'm Sorry' Is Not Enough|last1=Stolberg|first1=Sheryl Gay|date=April 25, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 25, 2019|last2=Martin|first2=Jonathan|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425205328/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill.html|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + + + − + − ===Senate Foreign Relations Committee===+ − + − + − + − Biden wrote an amendment in 1992 to compel the Bush administration to arm the Bosnians, but deferred in 1994 to a somewhat softer stance the Clinton administration preferred, before signing on the following year to a stronger measure sponsored by [[Bob Dole]] and [[Joe Lieberman]].<ref name="wapo-bosnia" /> The engagement led to a successful NATO peacekeeping effort.<ref name="nyt-foreign" /> Biden has called his role in affecting Balkans policy in the mid-1990s his "proudest moment in public life" related to foreign policy.<ref name="lat-foreign" />+ + − In 1999, during the [[Kosovo War]], Biden supported the [[1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].<ref name="nyt-foreign" /> He and Senator [[John McCain]] co-sponsored the McCain-Biden Kosovo Resolution, which called on Clinton to use all necessary force, including ground troops, to confront Milošević over [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] actions toward [[Kosovo Albanians|ethnic Albanians]] in [[Kosovo]].<ref name="lat-foreign" /><ref name="wsj082508">{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121954185485266719 | title=Biden, McCain Have a Friendship—and More—in Common | last=Holmes | first=Elizabeth | newspaper=The Wall Street Journal | date=August 25, 2008 | access-date=November 5, 2009 | archive-date=October 16, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016194520/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121954185485266719 | url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + + − ====Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq====+ − {{Main|War on terror}} − Biden was a strong supporter of the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]], saying, "Whatever it takes, we should do it."<ref name="TNR.hawk">{{cite magazine|last1=Crowley|first1=Michael|title=HawkDown|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/politics/hawk-down|magazine=The New Republic|quote=Even before Obama announced his run for president, Biden was warning that Afghanistan, not Iraq, was the 'central front' in the war against Al Qaeda, requiring a major U.S. commitment. 'Whatever it takes, we should do it,' Biden said in February 2002.|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016194518/http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/hawk-down|url-status=live}}</ref> As head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he said in 2002 that Iraqi president [[Saddam Hussein]] was a threat to national security and there was no other option than to "eliminate" that threat.<ref name="MTP04292007">{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18381961 |work=[[Meet the Press]] |title=MTP Transcript for April 29, 2007 |first=Tim |last=Russert |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=April 29, 2007 |page=2 |author-link=Tim Russert |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208191954/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/18381961 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2002, he voted in favor of the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq]], approving the [[U.S. Invasion of Iraq|U.S. invasion of Iraq]].<ref name="lat-foreign" /> As chair of the committee, he assembled a series of witnesses to testify in favor of the authorization. They gave testimony grossly misrepresenting the intent, history, and status of Saddam and his secular government, which was an avowed enemy of [[al Qaida|al-Qaida]], and touted Iraq's fictional possession of [[Weapons of Mass Destruction|weapons of mass destruction]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/17/joe-biden-role-iraq-war Joe Biden championed the Iraq war. Will that come back to haunt him now?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109174540/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/17/joe-biden-role-iraq-war |date=January 9, 2021 }}, ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Mark Weisbrot]], February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.</ref> Biden eventually became a critic of the war and viewed his vote and role as a "mistake", but did not push for withdrawal.<ref name="lat-foreign" /><ref name="wapo-bosnia" /> He supported the appropriations for the occupation, but argued that the war should be internationalized, that more soldiers were needed, and that the Bush administration should "level with the American people" about its cost and length.<ref name="aap08-365">''Almanac of American Politics'' 2008, p. 365.</ref><ref name="wsj082508" /> − + + + − By late 2006, Biden's stance had shifted considerably. He opposed the [[Iraq War troop surge of 2007|troop surge of 2007]],<ref name="lat-foreign" /><ref name="wapo-bosnia" /> saying General [[David Petraeus]] was "dead, flat wrong" in believing the surge could work.<ref name="nytm-traub">{{cite news|last=Traub|first=James|author-link=James Traub|date=November 24, 2009|title=After Cheney|page=MM34|magazine=[[The New York Times Magazine]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/magazine/29Biden-t.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103084703/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/magazine/29Biden-t.html|archive-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref> Biden instead advocated dividing Iraq into a loose [[federalism|federation]] of three [[ethnic group|ethnic]] states.<ref name="Divided">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/weekinreview/19shanker.html |title=Divided They Stand, but on Graves |first=Thom |last=Shanker |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 19, 2007 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081421/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/weekinreview/19shanker.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2006, Biden and [[Leslie H. Gelb]], president emeritus of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], released a comprehensive strategy to end [[Civil war in Iraq (2006-07)|sectarian violence in Iraq]].<ref name="LAT20071001">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-01-fg-iraq1-story.html |first1=Ned |last1=Parker |first2=Raheem |last2=Salman |title=U.S. vote unites Iraqis in anger |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 1, 2007 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081500/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-01-fg-iraq1-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rather than continue the existing approach or withdrawing, the plan called for "a third way": federalizing Iraq and giving [[Kurd]]s, [[Shiite]]s, and [[Sunni Islam|Sunnis]] "breathing room" in their own regions.<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], pp. 572–573.</ref> In September 2007, a non-binding resolution endorsing the plan passed the Senate,<ref name="LAT20071001" /> but the idea was unfamiliar, had no political constituency, and failed to gain traction.<ref name="nytm-traub" /> Iraq's political leadership denounced the resolution as ''de facto'' partitioning of the country, and the [[U.S. Embassy in Baghdad]] issued a statement distancing itself from it.<ref name="LAT20071001" /> In May 2008, Biden sharply criticized President [[George W. Bush]]'s speech to [[Israel]]'s [[Knesset]] in which Bush compared some Democrats to Western leaders who [[Munich Agreement|appeased Hitler before World War{{nbsp}}II]]; Biden called the speech "bullshit", "malarkey", and "outrageous". He later apologized for his language.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/15/bush.dems/index.html |title=Dems fire back at Bush on 'appeasement' statement |last=Henry |first=Ed |work=CNN |date=May 16, 2008 |access-date=September 2, 2008 |archive-date=September 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920093550/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/15/bush.dems/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − + − Elected to the Senate in 1972, Biden was reelected in [[United States Senate election in Delaware, 1978|1978]], [[United States Senate election in Delaware, 1984|1984]], [[United States Senate election in Delaware, 1990|1990]], [[United States Senate election in Delaware, 1996|1996]], [[United States Senate election in Delaware, 2002|2002]], and [[United States Senate election in Delaware, 2008|2008]], regularly receiving about 60% of the vote.<ref name="aap08-366" /> He was junior senator to [[William Roth]], who was first elected in 1970, until Roth was defeated in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/23/biden.democrat.vp.candidate/ |title=Obama introduces Biden as running mate |work=CNN |date=August 23, 2008 |access-date=September 18, 2008 |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109172417/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/23/biden.democrat.vp.candidate/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{as of|2020}}, he was the [[List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service|18th-longest-serving senator]] in U.S. history.<ref name="26 Aug 2018">{{cite web|title=Longest Serving Senators|url=https://www.senate.gov/senators/longest_serving_senators.htm|website=United States Senate|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=August 26, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919101452/https://www.senate.gov/senators/longest_serving_senators.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + + + − + + − The political writer [[Howard Fineman]] has written, "Biden is not an academic, he's not a theoretical thinker, he's a great street pol. He comes from a long line of working people in Scranton—auto salesmen, car dealers, people who know how to make a sale. He has that great Irish gift."<ref name="watn020109" /> Political columnist [[David S. Broder]] wrote that Biden has grown over time: "He responds to real people—that's been consistent throughout. And his ability to understand himself and deal with other politicians has gotten much much better."<ref name="watn020109" /> Journalist [[James Traub]] has written, "Biden is the kind of fundamentally happy person who can be as generous toward others as he is to himself."<ref name="nytm-traub" /> In 2006, Delaware newspaper columnist Harry F. Themal wrote that Biden "occupies the sensible center of the Democratic Party".<ref name="themal">{{cite news | title=Biden says he's on track for 2008 run | last=Themal|first=Harry F.| work=The News Journal| date=January 23, 2006}}</ref>+ + − Journalist and TV anchor [[Wolf Blitzer]] has described Biden as loquacious.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/12/sitroom.01.html |title=Transcripts |work=[[The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer|The Situation Room]] |publisher=CNN |date=January 12, 2006 |access-date=September 21, 2008 |archive-date=July 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719103425/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/12/sitroom.01.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He often deviates from prepared remarks<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2008/12/biden-enemy-of-the-prepared-remarks-014500 |title=Biden, enemy of the prepared remarks |last=Smith |first=Ben |work=[[Politico]] |date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=December 2, 2008 |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911131530/http://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2008/12/biden-enemy-of-the-prepared-remarks-014500 |url-status=live }}</ref> and sometimes "puts his foot in his mouth".<ref name="abc-loq">{{cite news | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=2838420 | title=A Biden Problem: Foot in Mouth | last=Tapper | first=Jake | work=[[ABC News]] | date=January 31, 2007 | access-date=September 21, 2008 | author-link=Jake Tapper | archive-date=August 27, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827211803/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=2838420 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nyt-no2" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/19/world/senate-struggles-to-pay-attention-to-the-remapping-of-nato.html |title=Senate Struggles to Pay Attention to the Remapping of NATO |last=Seelye |first=Katharine Q. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 19, 1998 |access-date=September 21, 2008 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110045839/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/19/world/senate-struggles-to-pay-attention-to-the-remapping-of-nato.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="time-pcs">{{cite news |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835480,00.html |title=Halperin on Biden: Pros and Cons |last=Halperin |first=Mark |magazine=Time |date=August 23, 2008 |access-date=September 21, 2008 |author-link=Mark Halperin |archive-date=July 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722092813/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835480,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that Biden's "weak filters make him capable of blurting out pretty much anything".<ref name="nyt-no2" />+ + − + − {{Main|Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign}}+ − [[File:Sen. Joe Biden attends a Creston house party.jpg|thumb|right|Biden campaigns at a [[Political house party|house party]] in [[Creston, Iowa]], July 2007]] − After exploring the possibility of a run in several previous cycles, in January 2007, Biden declared [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008|his candidacy in the 2008 elections]].<ref name="aap08-366" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/11/biden/index.html |title=Sen. Biden not running for president |work=CNN |date=August 12, 2003 |access-date=September 18, 2008 |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123957/http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/11/biden/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR2007013100404.html|title=Biden Stumbles at the Starting Gate|work=The Washington Post|access-date=August 23, 2008|date=January 1, 2007|last=Balz|first=Dan|author-link=Dan Balz|archive-date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018123657/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR2007013100404.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During his campaign, Biden focused on the [[Iraq War]], his record as chairman of major Senate committees, and his foreign-policy experience. In mid-2007, Biden stressed his foreign policy expertise compared to Obama's.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Decision2008/Story?id=3498294&page=1 |title=Transcript: The Democratic Debate |work=[[ABC News]] |date=August 19, 2007 |access-date=September 24, 2008 |archive-date=October 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011185127/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Decision2008/story?id=3498294&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden was noted for his one-liners during the campaign; in one debate he said of Republican candidate [[Rudy Giuliani]]: "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, and a verb and 9/11."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071101/NEWS01/711010358/1043/NEWS01|newspaper=[[Concord Monitor]]|title=A noun, a verb and 9/11|last=Farrell|first=Joelle|access-date=August 23, 2008|date=November 1, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828010554/http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071101%2FNEWS01%2F711010358%2F1043%2FNEWS01 |archive-date=August 28, 2008}}</ref>+ + − Biden had difficulty raising funds, struggled to draw people to his rallies, and failed to gain traction against the high-profile candidacies of Obama and Senator [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/conventions/co_20080825_3122.php |title=Conventions 2008: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) |work=[[National Journal]] |date=August 25, 2008 |access-date=September 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906210353/http://www.nationaljournal.com/conventions/co_20080825_3122.php |archive-date=September 6, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He never rose above single digits in [[Nationwide opinion polling for the Democratic Party 2008 presidential candidates|national polls of the Democratic candidates]]. In the first contest on January 3, 2008, Biden placed fifth in the [[Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008|Iowa caucuses]], garnering slightly less than one percent of the state delegates.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iowacaucusresults.com/ | title=Iowa Democratic Party Caucus Results | publisher=[[Iowa Democratic Party]] | access-date=August 29, 2008 | archive-date=April 15, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415000251/http://www.iowacaucusresults.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He withdrew from the race that evening.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/04/AR2008010400260.html |title=Biden, Dodd Withdraw From Race |last=Murray |first=Shailagh |work=The Washington Post |date=January 4, 2008 |access-date=August 29, 2008 |archive-date=May 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520022844/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/04/AR2008010400260.html |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − Despite its lack of success, Biden's 2008 campaign raised his stature in the political world.<ref name="gamechange">{{Cite book|last1=Heilemann|first1=John|title=Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime|title-link=Game Change|last2=Halperin|first2=Mark|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2010|isbn=978-0-06-173363-5|location=New York|author-link=John Heilemann|author-link2=Mark Halperin}}</ref>{{rp|336}} In particular, it changed the relationship between Biden and Obama. Although they had served together on the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]], they had not been close: Biden resented Obama's quick rise to political stardom,<ref name="nytm-traub" /><ref name="wolffe-218">Wolffe, ''Renegade'', p. 218.</ref> while Obama viewed Biden as garrulous and patronizing.<ref name="gamechange" />{{rp|28, 337–338}} Having gotten to know each other during 2007, Obama appreciated Biden's campaign style and appeal to working-class voters, and Biden said he became convinced Obama was "the real deal".<ref name="wolffe-218" /><ref name="gamechange" />{{rp|28, 337–338}}+ + − + − {{Main|Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection}}+ − − Shortly after Biden withdrew from the presidential race, Obama privately told him he was interested in finding an important place for Biden in his administration.<ref name="ny-lizza">{{cite news |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/10/20/bidens-brief |title=Biden's Brief |last=Lizza |first=Ryan |work=The New Yorker |date=October 20, 2008 |access-date=November 24, 2008 |author-link=Ryan Lizza}}</ref> Biden declined Obama's first request to vet him for the vice-presidential slot, fearing the vice presidency would represent a loss in status and voice from his Senate position, but he later changed his mind.<ref name="nytm-traub" /><ref name="pol091609">{{cite news|last=Cummings|first=Jeanne|date=September 16, 2009|title=Joe Biden, 'the skunk at the family picnic'|publisher=[[The Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/09/the-skunk-at-the-family-picnic-027211|access-date=September 17, 2009}}</ref> In early August, Obama and Biden met in secret to discuss the possibility,<ref name="ny-lizza" /> and developed a strong personal rapport.<ref name="wolffe-218" /> On August 22, 2008, Obama announced that Biden would be his [[running mate]].<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Obama's veep message to supporters |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082300455.html |first=Jose Antonio |last=Vargas |work=The Washington Post |date=August 23, 2008 |access-date=August 23, 2008 }}</ref> ''The New York Times'' reported that the strategy behind the choice reflected a desire to fill out the ticket with someone with [[foreign policy]] and [[national security]] experience—and not to help the ticket win a [[swing state]] or to emphasize Obama's "change" message.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Adam |last1=Nagourney |author-link=Adam Nagourney |first2=Jeff|last2=Zeleny |title=Obama Chooses Biden as Running Mate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/us/politics/24biden.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 23, 2008 |access-date=August 23, 2008 }}</ref> Others pointed out Biden's appeal to middle-class and [[blue-collar]] voters, as well as his willingness to aggressively challenge Republican nominee [[John McCain]] in a way that Obama seemed uncomfortable doing at times.<ref>{{cite news|first=E.J. |last=Dionne |title=Tramps Like Us: How Joe Biden will reassure working class voters and change the tenor of this week's convention |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/62212/tramps-us |work=[[The New Republic]] |date=August 25, 2008 |access-date=August 25, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828210626/http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=2ecbd0b9-c2c4-44d7-824a-603b4a418c74 |archive-date=August 28, 2008 }}</ref><ref>Wolffe, ''Renegade'', p. 217.</ref> In accepting Obama's offer, Biden ruled out running for president again in 2016,<ref name="ny-lizza" /> but his comments in later years seemed to back off that stance, as he did not want to diminish his political power by appearing uninterested in advancement.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/vp-biden-keeping-the-door-open-for-2016-.html|title= VP Biden Keeping the Door Open for 2016? |last=Travers |first=Karen |date= June 25, 2009|work= [[Political Punch]]|publisher= [[ABC News]]|access-date= October 14, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017172435/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/vp-biden-keeping-the-door-open-for-2016-.html|archive-date= October 17, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/21/biden-in-2016/ |title=Biden in 2016? |work=CNN |date=October 21, 2011 |access-date=October 29, 2011}}</ref><ref name="nyt0508122" /> Biden was officially nominated for vice president on August 27 by voice vote at the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newsblaze.com/usnews/politics/democrats-formally-nominate-barack-obama-for-u-s-presidency_60148/ |title=Democrats Formally Nominate Barack Obama for U.S. Presidency |first=Alan |last=Gray |publisher=NewsBlaze|date=August 29, 2008}}</ref>+ + − Biden's vice-presidential campaigning gained little media visibility, as far greater press attention was focused on the Republican running mate, [[List of Governors of Alaska|Alaska Governor]] [[Sarah Palin]].<ref name="nyt-no2">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/20/us/politics/20biden.html |title=Meanwhile, the Other No. 2 Keeps On Punching |last=Leibovich |first=Mark |work=The New York Times |date=September 19, 2008 |access-date=September 20, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/joe-who.html |title=Joe Who? |last=Tapper |first=Jake |work=[[ABC News]] |date=September 14, 2008 |access-date=September 15, 2008 |author-link=Jake Tapper |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915055913/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/joe-who.html |archive-date=September 15, 2008 }}</ref> During one week in September 2008, for instance, the [[Pew Research Center]]'s [[Project for Excellence in Journalism]] found that Biden was included in only five percent of coverage of the race, far less than the other three candidates on the tickets received.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.journalism.org/2008/09/15/pej-campaign-coverage-index-september-8-14-2008/ |title=Northern Exposure Still Dominates the News |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |last=Jurkowitz |first=Mark |date=September 14, 2008 |access-date=November 24, 2008}}</ref> Biden nevertheless focused on campaigning in economically challenged areas of [[swing state]]s and trying to win over blue-collar Democrats, especially those who had supported [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref name="nytm-traub" /><ref name="nyt-no2" /> Biden attacked McCain heavily despite a long-standing personal friendship.{{refn|group=n| Biden admired McCain politically as well as personally. In May 2004, he had urged McCain to run as vice president with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee [[John Kerry]], saying the cross-party ticket would help heal the "vicious rift" in U.S. politics.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/4961694 |title=McCain Urged to Join Kerry Ticket |agency=[[Reuters]] |work=[[NBC News]] |date=May 16, 2004}}</ref>}} He said, "That guy I used to know, he's gone. It literally saddens me."<ref name="nyt-no2" /> As the [[financial crisis of 2007–2010]] reached a peak with the [[financial crisis of 2007–2010|liquidity crisis of September 2008]] and the [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008|proposed bailout of the United States financial system]] became a major factor in the campaign, Biden voted in favor of the $700{{nbsp}}billion [[HR1424|Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008]], which went on to pass in the Senate 74–25.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ny1.com/content/features/86538/senate-passes-economic-rescue-package/Default.aspx |title=Senate Passes Economic Rescue Package |publisher=[[NY1]] |date=October 1, 2008 |access-date=October 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005022401/http://www.ny1.com/content/features/86538/senate-passes-economic-rescue-package/Default.aspx |archive-date=October 5, 2008 }}</ref>+ + − On October 2, 2008, Biden participated in the [[United States vice-presidential debate, 2008|vice-presidential debate]] with Palin at [[Washington University in St. Louis]]. Post-debate polls found that while Palin exceeded many voters' expectations, Biden had won the debate overall.<ref>[[#Witcover|Witcover (2010)]], pp. 655–661.</ref> During the campaign's final days, he focused on less populated, older, less well-off areas of battleground states, especially Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, where polling indicated he was popular and where Obama had not campaigned or performed well in the Democratic primaries.<ref name="nyt103008">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/politics/31biden.html |title=Hitting the Backroads, and Having Less to Say |last=Broder |first=John M. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 30, 2008 |access-date=October 31, 2008}}</ref><ref name="time102908" /><ref name="pol110308">{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2008/11/where-have-you-gone-joe-biden-015205 |title=Where have you gone, Joe Biden? |last=McGrane |first=Victoria |newspaper=[[Politico]] |date=November 3, 2008 |access-date=November 3, 2008}}</ref> He also campaigned in some normally Republican states, as well as in areas with large Catholic populations.<ref name="pol110308" />+ − Under instructions from the campaign, Biden kept his speeches succinct and tried to avoid offhand remarks, such as one he made about Obama's being tested by a foreign power soon after taking office, which had attracted negative attention.<ref name="nyt103008" /><ref name="time102908">{{cite news |url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1855355,00.html |title=Hidin' Biden: Reining In a Voluble No. 2 |last=Tumulty |first=Karen |magazine=Time |date=October 29, 2008 |access-date=November 1, 2008}}</ref> Privately, Biden's remarks frustrated Obama. "How many times is Biden gonna say something stupid?" he asked.<ref name="gamechange" />{{rp|411–414, 419}} Obama campaign staffers referred to Biden blunders as "Joe bombs" and kept Biden uninformed about strategy discussions, which in turn irked Biden.<ref name="nyt0508122" /> Relations between the two campaigns became strained for a month, until Biden apologized on a call to Obama and the two built a stronger partnership.<ref name="gamechange" />{{rp|411–414}} Publicly, Obama strategist [[David Axelrod (political consultant)|David Axelrod]] said Biden's high popularity ratings had outweighed any unexpected comments.<ref>{{cite news |title=Biden reliable running mate despite gaffes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/144631311/ |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Asbury Park Press]] |date=October 26, 2008}}</ref> Nationally, Biden had a 60% favorability rating in a [[Pew Research Center]] poll, compared to Palin's 44%.<ref name="nyt103008" />+ − On November 4, 2008, Obama and Biden were elected with 53% of the popular vote and 365 [[Electoral College (United States)|electoral votes]] to McCain–Palin's 173.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/election.president/index.html |title=Barack Obama wins presidential election |work=CNN |access-date=November 5, 2008|date=November 4, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Franke-Ruta |first=Garance |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/19/mccain_takes_missouri.html |title=McCain Takes Missouri |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 19, 2008 |access-date=November 19, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/ |title=President—Election Center 2008 |work=CNN |access-date=November 19, 2008}}</ref>+ − At the same time Biden was running for vice president he was also running for reelection to the Senate,<ref name="ap082408">{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Aug24/0,4670,CVNBidenTwoCampaigns,00.html |title=Biden Wages 2 Campaigns At Once |agency=Associated Press |date=August 24, 2008 |access-date=August 29, 2008 |first=Randall |last=Chase |publisher=Fox News}}</ref> as permitted by Delaware law.<ref name="aap08-366">''Almanac of American Politics'' 2008, p. 366.</ref> On November{{nbsp}}4, he was [[2008 United States Senate election in Delaware|reelected]] to the Senate, defeating Republican [[Christine O'Donnell]].<ref name="ap110408">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-11-04-420465768_x.htm |title=Biden wins 7th Senate term but may not serve |last=Nuckols |first=Ben |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=USA Today |date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=February 6, 2009}}</ref> Having won both races, Biden made a point of waiting to resign from the Senate until he was sworn in for his seventh term on January 6, 2009.<ref name="dnj010709">{{cite news|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009901070333 |title=A bittersweet oath for Biden |last=Gaudiano |first=Nicole |work=[[The News Journal]] |date=January 7, 2009 |access-date=February 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212100305/http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009901070333 |archive-date=February 12, 2009 }}</ref> He became the youngest senator ever to start a seventh full term, and said, "In all my life, the greatest honor bestowed upon me has been serving the people of Delaware as their United States senator."<ref name="dnj010709" /> Biden cast his last Senate vote on January 15, supporting the release of the second $350{{nbsp}}billion for the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Trish |last=Turner |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-releases-350-billion-in-bailout-funds-to-obama |title=Senate Releases $350 Billion in Bailout Funds to Obama |work=Fox News |date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=January 25, 2009 }}</ref> and [[resignation from the United States Senate|resigned from the Senate]] later that day.{{refn|group=n| Delaware's Democratic governor, [[Ruth Ann Minner]], announced on November 24, 2008, that she would appoint Biden's longtime senior adviser [[Ted Kaufman]] to succeed Biden in the Senate.<ref name="bloom112408" /> Kaufman said he would serve only two years, until [[United States Senate special election in Delaware, 2010|Delaware's special Senate election in 2010]].<ref name="bloom112408">{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=apZPaTS_UmpM |title=Kaufman Picked by Governor to Fill Biden Senate Seat (Update 3) |last=Milford |first=Phil |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=November 24, 2008 |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116003829/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087 |archive-date=November 16, 2008 }}</ref> Biden's son [[Beau Biden|Beau]] ruled himself out of the 2008 selection process due to his impending tour in Iraq with the [[Delaware Army National Guard]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1108/Minner_appoints_Ted_Kaufman_to_Biden_seat.html |title=Ted Kaufman to succeed Biden in Senate |last=Kraushaar |first=Josh |publisher=[[Politico]] |date=November 24, 2008 |access-date=November 24, 2008}}</ref> He was a possible candidate for the 2010 special election, but in early 2010 said he would not run for the seat.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/bidens-son-will-not-run-for-delaware-senate-seat/ |title=Biden's Son Will Not Run for Delaware's Open Senate Seat |last=Hulse |first=Carl |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 25, 2010 |access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref>}} In an emotional farewell, Biden told the Senate: "Every good thing I have seen happen here, every bold step taken in the 36-plus years I have been here, came not from the application of pressure by interest groups, but through the maturation of personal relationships."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/biden-and-clinton-say-goodbye-to-senate |title=Biden and Clinton Say Goodbye to Senate |last=Becker |first=Bernie |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=January 25, 2009}}</ref> Delaware Governor [[Ruth Ann Minner]] appointed longtime Biden adviser [[Ted Kaufman]] to fill Biden's vacated Senate seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Ted_Kaufman|title=Ted Kaufman|website=Ballotpedia|access-date=April 25, 2020}}</ref>+ + + + − + − + − + − + − Obama was soon comparing Biden to a basketball player "who does a bunch of things that don't show up in the stat sheet".<ref name="nyt032809">{{cite news|last=Leibovich|first=Mark|date=March 28, 2009|title=Speaking Freely, Biden Finds Influential Role|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/us/politics/29biden.html|access-date=March 31, 2009|archive-date=April 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401232903/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/us/politics/29biden.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In May, Biden visited Kosovo and affirmed the U.S. position that its "independence is irreversible".<ref name="Chun9194">{{cite journal|last=Chun|first=Kwang-Ho|title=Kosovo: A New European Nation-State?|url=http://s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/96517/1/5.Kosovo-A-New-European-Nation-State_Kwang-ho-Chun.pdf|journal=Journal of International and Area Studies|volume=18|issue=1|year=2011|pages=91, 94|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082124/https://s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/96517/1/5.Kosovo-A-New-European-Nation-State_Kwang-ho-Chun.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden lost an internal debate to Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] about sending 21,000 new troops to [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Dilanian|first=Ken|date=June 11, 2009|title=In a supporting role, Clinton takes a low-key approach at State Dept.|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090611/1aclinton11_cv.art.htm|access-date=July 22, 2009|archive-date=May 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516020144/http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090611/1aclinton11_cv.art.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Ben|date=June 23, 2009|title=Hillary Clinton toils in the shadows|work=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/06/clinton-toils-in-the-shadows-024067|access-date=July 22, 2009|archive-date=September 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916005405/http://www.politico.com/story/2009/06/clinton-toils-in-the-shadows-024067|url-status=live}}</ref> but his skepticism was valued,<ref name="pol091609" /> and in 2009, Biden's views gained more influence as Obama reconsidered his Afghanistan strategy.<ref name="nw-cov-1010092">{{cite news|last1=Bailey|first1=Holly|last2=Thomas|first2=Evan|author-link2=Evan Thomas|date=October 10, 2009|title=An Inconvenient Truth Teller|magazine=[[Newsweek]]|url=https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-white-house-truth-teller-81181|access-date=November 6, 2009|archive-date=November 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123063731/http://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-white-house-truth-teller-81181|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden visited Iraq about every two months,<ref name="nytm-traub" /> becoming the administration's point man in delivering messages to Iraqi leadership about expected progress there.<ref name="pol091609" /> More generally, overseeing Iraq policy became Biden's responsibility: Obama was said to have said, "Joe, you do Iraq."<ref>{{cite news|last=Osnos|first=Evan|date=August 12, 2014|title=Breaking Up: Maliki and Biden|work=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/breaking-maliki-biden|access-date=August 26, 2015|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002053443/http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/breaking-maliki-biden|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden said Iraq "could be one of the great achievements of this administration".<ref>{{cite news|date=February 11, 2010|title=Vice President Biden: Iraq "Could Be One of the Great Achievements of This Administration"|work=[[ABC News]]|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/02/vice-president-biden-iraq-could-be-one-of-the-great-achievements-of-this-administration/|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223113546/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/02/vice-president-biden-iraq-could-be-one-of-the-great-achievements-of-this-administration/|url-status=live}}</ref> His January 2010 visit to Iraq in the midst of turmoil over banned candidates from the [[Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010|upcoming Iraqi parliamentary election]] resulted in 59 of the several hundred candidates being reinstated by the Iraqi government two days later.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 25, 2010|title=Iraq reinstates 59 election candidates|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJGz55dJrnOzzejqmBj6QTolyydg|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=March 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320192516/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJGz55dJrnOzzejqmBj6QTolyydg|url-status=live}}</ref> By 2012, Biden had made eight trips there, but his oversight of U.S. policy in Iraq receded with the exit of U.S. troops in 2011.<ref name="time-mo" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Crowley|first=Michael|date=November 9, 2014|title=The war over President Obama's new war in Iraq|work=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/president-obama-war-iraq-112730|access-date=August 26, 2015|archive-date=October 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013002931/http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/president-obama-war-iraq-112730|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + − + + − + + − In late April 2009, Biden's off-message response to a question during the beginning of the [[2009 flu pandemic|swine flu outbreak]], that he would advise family members against traveling on airplanes or subways, led to a swift retraction by the White House.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Silva|first1=Mark|last2=Parsons|first2=Christi|date=May 1, 2009|title=White House adjusts Biden's swine flu advice|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-01-na-biden1-story.html|access-date=May 28, 2009|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009170032/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-01-na-biden1-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The remark revived Biden's reputation for [[Political gaffe|gaffes]].<ref>{{cite news|date=May 1, 2009|title=White House tempers Biden's swine flu advice|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|url=https://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/05/01/white_house_tempers_bidens_swine_flu_advice/|url-status=dead|access-date=May 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505114058/http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/05/01/white_house_tempers_bidens_swine_flu_advice/|archive-date=May 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="nw-cov-1010092"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Kurtzman|first=Daniel|date=May 8, 2009|title=The Week's Best Late-Night Jokes|publisher=[[About.com]]|url=https://www.liveabout.com/late-night-political-jokes-2733896|access-date=May 28, 2009|archive-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611193402/https://www.liveabout.com/late-night-political-jokes-2733896|url-status=live}}</ref> Confronted with rising unemployment through July 2009, Biden acknowledged that the administration had "misread how bad the economy was" but maintained confidence the stimulus package would create many more jobs once the pace of expenditures picked up.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 5, 2009|title=Biden: 'We misread how bad the economy was'|work=[[NBC News]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/31745563|access-date=July 9, 2009|archive-date=December 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217104812/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/31745563/|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 23, 2010, a microphone picked up Biden telling the president that his signing the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] was "a big fucking deal" during live national news telecasts. Despite their different personalities, Obama and Biden formed a friendship, partly based around Obama's daughter Sasha and Biden's granddaughter Maisy, who attended [[Sidwell Friends School]] together.<ref name="nyt0508122">{{cite news|last=Leibovich|first=Mark|date=May 8, 2012|title=For a Blunt Biden, an Uneasy Supporting Role|page=1|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/us/politics/for-a-blunt-biden-an-uneasy-supporting-role.html|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081748/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/us/politics/for-a-blunt-biden-an-uneasy-supporting-role.html|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + − Members of the Obama administration said Biden's role in the White House was to be a contrarian and force others to defend their positions.<ref name=":32">{{Cite news|last=Baker|first=Peter|date=April 28, 2019|title=Biden and Obama's 'Odd Couple' Relationship Aged Into Family Ties|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/us/politics/barack-obama-biden.html|access-date=April 26, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606093422/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/us/politics/barack-obama-biden.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rahm Emanuel]], White House chief of staff, said that Biden helped counter [[groupthink]].<ref name="nyt032809" /> White House press secretary [[Jay Carney]], Biden's former communications director, said Biden played the role of "the bad guy in the Situation Room".<ref name=":32" /> Another senior Obama advisor said Biden "is always prepared to be the skunk at the family picnic to make sure we are as intellectually honest as possible."<ref name="pol091609" /> Obama said, "The best thing about Joe is that when we get everybody together, he really forces people to think and defend their positions, to look at things from every angle, and that is very valuable for me."<ref name="pol091609" /> The Bidens maintained a relaxed atmosphere at their [[Number One Observatory Circle|official residence]] in Washington, often entertaining their grandchildren, and regularly returned to their home in Delaware.<ref name="pol-regular">{{cite news|last=Parnes|first=Amie|date=June 28, 2011|title=Joe and Jill Biden's 'regular' lives|newspaper=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/the-bidens-regular-lives-057887|access-date=June 28, 2011|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016194519/http://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/the-bidens-regular-lives-057887|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + + − Biden campaigned heavily for Democrats in the [[United States elections, 2010|2010 midterm elections]], maintaining an attitude of optimism in the face of predictions of large-scale losses for the party.<ref name="nyt1013102">{{cite news|last=Stolberg|first=Sheryl Gay|date=October 12, 2010|title=Vice President Tries to Energize Democrats|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/us/politics/13biden.html|access-date=October 14, 2010|archive-date=October 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028044617/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/us/politics/13biden.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Following big Republican gains in the elections and the departure of White House chief of staff [[Rahm Emanuel]], Biden's past relationships with Republicans in Congress became more important.<ref name="pol1209102">{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Carol E.|last2=Bresnahan|first2=John|date=December 9, 2010|title=Joe Biden expands role as White House link to Congress|newspaper=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/12/biden-steps-into-rahms-shoes-046173|access-date=December 10, 2010|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016194519/http://www.politico.com/story/2010/12/biden-steps-into-rahms-shoes-046173|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyt1211102">{{cite news|last=Cooper|first=Helene|date=December 11, 2010|title=As the Ground Shifts, Biden Plays a Bigger Role|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/us/politics/12biden.html|access-date=December 13, 2010|archive-date=December 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213044241/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/us/politics/12biden.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He led the successful administration effort to gain Senate approval for the [[New START treaty]].<ref name="pol1209102" /><ref name="nyt1211102" /> In December 2010, Biden's advocacy for a middle ground, followed by his negotiations with Senate minority leader [[Mitch McConnell]], were instrumental in producing the administration's compromise tax package that included a temporary [[extension of the Bush tax cuts]].<ref name="nyt1211102" /><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hulse|first1=Carl|last2=Calmes|first2=Jackie|date=December 7, 2010|title=Biden and G.O.P. Leader Helped Hammer Out Bipartisan Tax Accord|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/politics/08deal.html|access-date=December 8, 2010|archive-date=December 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208043606/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/politics/08deal.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden then took the lead in trying to sell the agreement to a reluctant Democratic caucus in Congress.<ref name="nyt1211102" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Herszenhorn|first1=David M.|last2=Stolberg|first2=Sheryl Gay|date=December 7, 2010|title=Democrats Skeptical of Obama on New Tax Plan|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/politics/08cong.html|access-date=December 8, 2010|archive-date=May 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520053117/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/politics/08cong.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The package passed as the [[Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010]].+ + + + + − In March 2011, Obama delegated Biden to lead negotiations with Congress to resolve federal spending levels for the rest of the year and avoid a government shutdown.<ref>{{cite news|date=March 2, 2011|title=Obama Welcomes Budget Deal; Biden to Lead Talks|publisher=[[CNBC]]|agency=Reuters|url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/41870549|url-status=dead|access-date=March 9, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729195403/http://www.cnbc.com/id/41870549|archive-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> By May 2011, a "Biden panel" with six congressional members was trying to reach a bipartisan deal on raising the [[United States public debt|U.S. debt ceiling]] as part of an overall [[Government budget deficit|deficit reduction]] plan.<ref>{{cite news|last=Reid|first=Tim|date=May 16, 2011|title=Q+A: Debt and deficit talks in early stages|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/16/us-usa-debt-talks-idUSTRE74F26V20110516|access-date=May 17, 2011|archive-date=May 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520004749/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/16/us-usa-debt-talks-idUSTRE74F26V20110516|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gaudiano|first=Nicole|date=May 4, 2011|title=Biden tasked with achieving consensus on cutting deficit|newspaper=[[The News Journal]]|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110505/NEWS02/105050326/Biden-tasked-achieving-consensus-cutting-deficit?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome|access-date=May 17, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011|U.S. debt ceiling crisis]] developed over the next few months, but Biden's relationship with McConnell again proved key in breaking a deadlock and bringing about a deal to resolve it, in the form of the [[Budget Control Act of 2011]], signed on August 2, 2011, the same day an unprecedented [[Sovereign default|U.S. default]] had loomed.<ref name="pol-bca2">{{cite news|last1=Thrush|first1=Glenn|last2=Brown|first2=Carrie Budoff|last3=Raju|first3=Manu|last4=Bresnahan|first4=John|date=August 2, 2011|title=Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell and the making of a debt deal|newspaper=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/08/biden-mcconnell-and-the-making-of-a-deal-060463|access-date=August 4, 2011|archive-date=September 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922144250/http://www.politico.com/story/2011/08/biden-mcconnell-and-the-making-of-a-deal-060463|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ap-bca2">{{cite news|date=August 3, 2011|title=The real drama was in private as debt deal hatched|work=[[Fox News]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/the-real-drama-was-in-private-as-debt-deal-hatched|access-date=August 4, 2011|archive-date=December 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230142752/https://www.foxnews.com/us/the-real-drama-was-in-private-as-debt-deal-hatched|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bohan|first1=Caren|last2=Sullivan|first2=Andy|last3=Ferraro|first3=Thomas|date=August 3, 2011|title=Special report: How Washington took the U.S. to the brink|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-debt-brink/special-report-how-washington-took-the-u-s-to-the-brink-idUSTRE77271R20110803|access-date=August 4, 2011|archive-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013231825/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-debt-brink/special-report-how-washington-took-the-u-s-to-the-brink-idUSTRE77271R20110803|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden had spent the most time of anyone in the administration bargaining with Congress on the debt question,<ref name="ap-bca2" /> and one Republican staffer said, "Biden's the only guy with real negotiating authority, and [McConnell] knows that his word is good. He was a key to the deal."<ref name="pol-bca2" />+ − [[File:Obama and Biden await updates on bin Laden.jpg|thumb|right|Biden, Obama and the national security team gathered in the [[White House Situation Room]] to monitor the progress of the May 2011 mission to kill [[Osama bin Laden]]]]+ − Some reports suggest that Biden opposed proceeding with the May 2011 [[U.S. mission to kill Osama bin Laden]],<ref name="time-mo" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Weigel|first=David|author-link=David Weigel|date=January 10, 2014|title=Hillary Told the President That Her Opposition to the Surge in Iraq Had Been Political|work=Slate|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/01/robert-gates-duty-hillary-told-the-president-that-her-opposition-to-the-surge-in-iraq-had-been-political.html|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082441/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/01/robert-gates-duty-hillary-told-the-president-that-her-opposition-to-the-surge-in-iraq-had-been-political.html|url-status=live}}</ref> lest failure adversely affect Obama's reelection prospects.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thiessen|first=Marc A.|date=October 8, 2012|title=Biden's Bin Laden Hypocrisy|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-bidens-bin-laden-hypocrisy/2012/10/08/990aca7c-114d-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html|access-date=August 29, 2015|archive-date=September 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904124649/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marc-thiessen-bidens-bin-laden-hypocrisy/2012/10/08/990aca7c-114d-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Perks|first=Ashley|date=June 1, 2018|title=Hillary Clinton's 'ass-covering' on bin Laden raid 'rattled' Biden|website=TheHill|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390144-hillary-clintons-ass-covering-on-bin-laden-raid-rattled-biden|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=May 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513134732/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390144-hillary-clintons-ass-covering-on-bin-laden-raid-rattled-biden|url-status=live}}</ref> He took the lead in notifying Congressional leaders of the successful outcome.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 2, 2011|title=Osama Bin Laden dead; President Obama addresses nation|newspaper=[[Times Herald-Record]]|agency=[[NewsCore]]|url=https://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110501/NEWS/110509984|access-date=May 17, 2011|archive-date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928012811/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110501%2FNEWS%2F110509984|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − ===Reelection===+ − {{Main|Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign}} − In October 2010, Biden said Obama had asked him to remain as his running mate for the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]],<ref name="nyt1013102" /> but with Obama's popularity on the decline, [[White House Chief of Staff]] [[William M. Daley]] conducted some secret polling and focus group research in late 2011 on the idea of replacing Biden on the ticket with Hillary Clinton.<ref name="nyt-dd-replace" /> The notion was dropped when the results showed no appreciable improvement for Obama,<ref name="nyt-dd-replace">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/us/politics/book-details-consideration-of-replacing-biden-on-2012-ticket.html |title=Book Details Obama Aides' Talks About Replacing Biden on 2012 Ticket |last=Martin |first=Jonathan |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 31, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082553/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/us/politics/book-details-consideration-of-replacing-biden-on-2012-ticket.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and White House officials later said Obama had never entertained the idea.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico44/2013/11/wh-obama-never-considered-dropping-joe-biden-176520 |title=W.H.: Obama never considered dropping Joe Biden |last=Allen |first=Jonathan |newspaper=[[Politico]] |date=November 1, 2013 |access-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104143531/http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/11/wh-obama-never-considered-dropping-biden-176520.html |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − [[File:Official portrait of President Obama and Vice President Biden 2012.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Biden and Obama, July 2012]]+ − Biden's May 2012 statement that he was "absolutely comfortable" with [[same-sex marriage]] gained considerable public attention in comparison to Obama's position, which had been described as "evolving".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-may-06-la-na-biden-gay-marriage-20120507-story.html |title=Biden 'comfortable' with equal rights for gays who wed |date=May 6, 2012 |first=Christi |last=Parsons |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 8, 2012 |archive-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526082737/https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-may-06-la-na-biden-gay-marriage-20120507-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden made his statement without administration consent, and Obama and his aides were quite irked, since Obama had planned to shift position several months later, in the build-up to the party convention, and since Biden had previously counseled the president to avoid the issue lest key Catholic voters be offended.<ref name="nyt0508122" /><ref name="ap051012" /><ref name="pol-ebook">{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/politico-e-book-obama-campaign-roiled-by-conflict-079867 |title=Politico e-book: Obama campaign roiled by conflict |last=Thrush |first=Glenn |newspaper=[[Politico]] |date=August 20, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103084846/https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/politico-e-book-obama-campaign-roiled-by-conflict-079867 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/6-hidden-obama-campaign-fault-lines-080028 |title=6 hidden fault lines in President Obama's campaign |last=Thursh |first=Glenn |newspaper=[[Politico]] |date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208190849/https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/6-hidden-obama-campaign-fault-lines-080028 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gay rights advocates seized upon Biden's statement,<ref name="ap051012" /> and within days, Obama announced that he too supported same-sex marriage, an action in part forced by Biden's remarks.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/us/politics/obama-says-same-sex-marriage-should-be-legal.html | title=Obama Says Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal | first1=Jackie | last1=Calmes | first2=Peter | last2=Baker | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=May 9, 2012 | access-date=May 10, 2012 | archive-date=May 10, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510014102/http://www.nytimes.com//2012/05/10/us/politics/obama-says-same-sex-marriage-should-be-legal.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Biden apologized to Obama in private for having spoken out,<ref name="pol-ebook" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/joe-biden-gay-marriage-apology_n_1507939.html |title=Joe Biden Reportedly Apologized To Obama Over Gay Marriage Comments |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=Huffington Post |date=May 10, 2012 |access-date=May 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528233546/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/joe-biden-gay-marriage-apology_n_1507939.html |archive-date=May 28, 2013 }}</ref> while Obama acknowledged publicly it had been done from the heart.<ref name="ap051012">{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/ap-source-biden-apologizes-to-obama-over-comments | title=AP source: Biden apologizes to Obama over comments | agency=[[Associated Press]] | publisher=[[Fox News]] | date=May 10, 2012 | access-date=May 16, 2012 | archive-date=October 6, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006123920/https://www.foxnews.com/us/ap-source-biden-apologizes-to-obama-over-comments | url-status=live }}</ref> The incident showed that Biden still struggled at times with [[message discipline]],<ref name="nyt0508122" /> as ''Time'' wrote, "Everyone knows Biden's greatest strength is also his greatest weakness."<ref name="time-mo" /> Relations were also strained between the vice presidential and presidential campaigns when Biden appeared to use his position to bolster fundraising contacts for a possible run for president in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], and he ended up being excluded from Obama campaign strategy meetings.<ref name="nyt-dd-replace" />+ − The Obama campaign nevertheless valued Biden as a retail-level politician who could connect with disaffected blue-collar workers and rural residents, and he had a heavy schedule of appearances in swing states as the [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012|reelection campaign]] began in earnest in spring 2012.<ref name="time-be-joe" /><ref name="time-mo">{{cite news | title=Mo Joe | last=Scherer|first=Michael | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=June 11, 2012 | pages=26–30}}</ref> An August 2012 remark before a mixed-race audience that Republican proposals to relax Wall Street regulations would "put y'all back in chains" led to a similar analysis of Biden's face-to-face campaigning abilities versus his tendency to go off track.<ref name="time-be-joe" /><ref name="lat-offt" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/mission-impossible-managing-biden-079776 |title=Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden |last=Martin |first=Jonathan |newspaper=[[Politico]] |date=August 16, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103084811/https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/mission-impossible-managing-biden-079776 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "Most candidates give the same stump speech over and over, putting reporters if not the audience to sleep. But during any Biden speech, there might be a dozen moments to make press handlers cringe, and prompt reporters to turn to each other with amusement and confusion."<ref name="lat-offt">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-aug-17-la-na-biden-20120817-story.html |title=Biden's unscripted moments keep campaign on its toes |last=Memoli |first=Michael A. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 17, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082611/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-aug-17-la-na-biden-20120817-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] wrote that Biden often went too far and "Along with the familiar Washington mix of neediness and overconfidence, Biden's brain is wired for more than the usual amount of goofiness."<ref name="time-be-joe">{{cite news |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2123322,00.html |title=Let There Be Joe |last=Von Drehle |first=David |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=September 10, 2012 |pages=41–43 |author-link=David Von Drehle |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109162947/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2123322,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + − Biden was nominated for a second term as vice president at the [[2012 Democratic National Convention]] in September.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beau-biden-speech-read-th_n_1862997 |title=Beau Biden Speech Kicks Of Motion To Nominate Father Joe Biden For Vice President |work=[[Huffington Post]] |date=September 6, 2012 |first=Elyse |last=Siegel |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082621/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beau-biden-speech-read-th_n_1862997 |url-status=live }}</ref> Debating his Republican counterpart, Representative [[Paul Ryan]], in the [[2012 United States presidential debates#October 11: Vice presidential debate (Centre College)|vice-presidential debate]] on October 11 he made a spirited and emotional defense of the Obama administration's record and energetically attacked the Republican ticket.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/11/14376267-biden-plays-aggressor-in-debate-as-ryan-argues-gop-case |title=Biden plays aggressor in debate as Ryan makes GOP case |last=O'Brien |first=Michael |work=[[NBC News]] |date=October 11, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928140933/http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/11/14376267-biden-plays-aggressor-in-debate-as-ryan-argues-gop-case |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sparks-fly-as-biden-ryan-face-off-in-feisty-vice-presidential-debate | title=Sparks fly as Biden, Ryan face off in feisty vice presidential debate | publisher=[[Fox News]] | date=October 11, 2012 | access-date=January 24, 2021 | archive-date=January 3, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082631/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sparks-fly-as-biden-ryan-face-off-in-feisty-vice-presidential-debate | url-status=live }}</ref> On November 6, Obama and Biden won reelection<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-defeats-romney-to-win-second-term-vows-he-has-more-work-to-do | title=Obama defeats Romney to win second term, vows he has 'more work to do' | publisher=[[Fox News]] | date=November 7, 2012}}</ref> over [[Mitt Romney]] and Paul Ryan with 332 of 538 [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College votes]] and 51% of the popular vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-04-la-pn-obama-biden-officially-win-second-term-20130104-story.html |title=It's official: Obama, Biden win second term |last=Memoli |first=Michael A. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 4, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082641/https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-04-la-pn-obama-biden-officially-win-second-term-20130104-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + − In December 2012, Obama named Biden to head the [[Gun Violence Task Force]], created to address the causes of [[gun violence in the United States]] in the aftermath of the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]].<ref name="Caldwell">{{cite news|last=Caldwell|first=Leigh Ann|date=December 19, 2012|title=Obama sets up gun violence task force|work=[[CBS News]]|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-sets-up-gun-violence-task-force/|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185454/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-sets-up-gun-violence-task-force/|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that month, during the final days before the United States fell off the "[[United States fiscal cliff|fiscal cliff]]", Biden's relationship with McConnell again proved important as the two negotiated a deal that led to the [[American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012]] being passed at the start of 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jan/01/its-over-house-passes-fiscal-cliff-deal/ |title=It's over: House passes 'fiscal cliff' deal |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185455/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jan/01/its-over-house-passes-fiscal-cliff-deal/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ap-cliff">{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/185276422.html |title=Congress' OK of fiscal cliff deal gives Obama a win, prevents GOP blame for tax boosts |last=Fram|first=Alan |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Star Tribune]] |location=Minneapolis |date=January 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105020524/http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/185276422.html |archive-date=January 5, 2013 }}</ref> It made many of the Bush tax cuts permanent but raised rates on upper income levels.<ref name="ap-cliff" />+ + + − ===Second term (2013–2017)===+ − − + − + + + + + + − Biden favored arming [[Timber Sycamore|Syria's rebel fighters]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Who to Blame If Arming the Syrian Rebels Goes Wrong |first=Conor |last=Friedersdorf |author-link=Conor Friedersdorf |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/09/who-to-blame-if-arming-syrian-rebels-goes-wrong/380411/ |work=The Atlantic |date=September 18, 2014 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512184447/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/09/who-to-blame-if-arming-syrian-rebels-goes-wrong/380411/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As [[Timeline of the Iraq War (2014)|Iraq fell apart during 2014]], renewed attention was paid to the Biden-Gelb Iraqi federalization plan of 2006, with some observers suggesting Biden had been right all along.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/joe-biden-iraq-107858 | title=Was Joe Biden right? | last=Gerstein | first=Josh | newspaper=Politico | date=June 13, 2014 | access-date=September 14, 2014 | archive-date=September 27, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927001111/http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/joe-biden-iraq-107858 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/62830 |title=Turns Out, Joe Biden Was Right About Dividing Iraq |last=Kitfield |first=James |magazine=National Journal |date=January 30, 2014 |access-date=September 14, 2014 |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011194233/https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/62830 |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden himself said the U.S. would follow [[ISIL]] "to the gates of hell".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2014/0903/Joe-Biden-vows-to-chase-Islamic-State-to-gates-of-hell.-Does-he-mean-it |title=Joe Biden vows to chase Islamic State to 'gates of hell'. Does he mean it? |last=Grier |first=Peter |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor |date=September 3, 2014 |access-date=September 14, 2014 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185455/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2014/0903/Joe-Biden-vows-to-chase-Islamic-State-to-gates-of-hell.-Does-he-mean-it |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden had close relationships with several Latin American leaders and was assigned a focus on the region during the administration; he visited the region 16 times during his vice presidency, the most of any president or vice president.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Paz|first=Christian|date=October 26, 2020|title=The Biden Doctrine Begins With Latin America|work=The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/10/joe-biden-foreign-policy-latin-america/616841/|access-date=November 15, 2020|issn=1072-7825|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111041523/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/10/joe-biden-foreign-policy-latin-america/616841/|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − [[File:Vice President Joe Biden visit to Israel March 2016 (25554709411).jpg|thumb|Biden with [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli prime minister]] [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] in [[Jerusalem]], March 9, 2016]] − In 2015, [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[John Boehner]] and [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate majority leader]] [[Mitch McConnell]] invited Israeli prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] to address a joint session of Congress without notifying the Obama administration. This defiance of protocol led Biden and more than 50 congressional [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] to skip Netanyahu's speech.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/politics/democrats-missing-netanyahu-whip-list/index.html|title=The list of Democrats skipping Netanyahu's speech|first=Alexandra|last=Jaffe|website=CNN|access-date=February 26, 2020|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818185113/https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/politics/democrats-missing-netanyahu-whip-list/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2016, Biden visited [[Serbia]], where he met with Serbian president [[Aleksandar Vučić]] and expressed his condolences for civilian victims of the bombing campaign during the Kosovo War.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Melander |first1=Ingrid |title=Biden offers condolences for Serbs killed in 1999 NATO air strikes |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-balkans-biden-serbia/biden-offers-condolences-for-serbs-killed-in-1999-nato-air-strikes-idUSKCN10R1ZD |work=Reuters |date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185455/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-balkans-biden-serbia/biden-offers-condolences-for-serbs-killed-in-1999-nato-air-strikes-idUSKCN10R1ZD |url-status=live }}</ref> In Kosovo, he attended a ceremony renaming a highway after his son Beau, in honor of Beau's service to Kosovo in training its judges and prosecutors.<ref name="Bytyci">{{cite news|last=Bytyci|first=Fatos|title='We owe you so much,' Kosovo to tell Biden as street named after late son|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-biden-street-idUSKCN10Q17X|work=Reuters|date=August 15, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185456/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-biden-street-idUSKCN10Q17X|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bezhan">{{cite news|last=Bezhan|first=Frud|title=Word On The Street Is That Kosovo Has A Love Affair With Americans|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-love-affair-americans-biden-clinton-bush/27928807.html|agency=Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty|date=August 17, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023065019/https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-love-affair-americans-biden-clinton-bush/27928807.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RuViDeBi">{{cite news|last1=Rucker|first1=Philip|last2=Viser|first2=Matt|last3=DeBonis|first3=Mike|title=Trump and allies resume attacks on Biden's son as the Democrat surges|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-allies-resume-attacks-on-bidens-son-as-the-democrat-surges/2020/03/05/cad7fa02-5eed-11ea-b29b-9db42f7803a7_story.html|agency=The Washington Post|date=March 6, 2020|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028094653/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-allies-resume-attacks-on-bidens-son-as-the-democrat-surges/2020/03/05/cad7fa02-5eed-11ea-b29b-9db42f7803a7_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> − + − + − During his second term, Biden was often said to be preparing for a possible bid for the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2016 Democratic presidential nomination]].<ref name=Itkowitz1 /> With his family, many friends, and donors encouraging him in mid-2015 to enter the race, and with [[Hillary Clinton]]'s favorability ratings in decline at that time, Biden was reported to again be seriously considering the prospect and a "Draft Biden 2016" [[Political action committee|PAC]] was established.<ref name=Itkowitz1>{{cite news |first=Colby |last=Itkowitz |title=There is a 'Draft Joe Biden' Super PAC Now; It's Even Hiring a Fundraiser |newspaper=Washington Post |date=March 23, 2015 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/03/23/job-opening-raise-money-to-draft-joe-biden-to-run-in-2016/ |access-date=August 2, 2015 |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716011912/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/03/23/job-opening-raise-money-to-draft-joe-biden-to-run-in-2016/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Dowd1>{{cite news |first=Maureen |last=Dowd |title=Joe Biden in 2016: What Would Beau Do? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/opinion/sunday/maureen-dowd-joe-biden-in-2016-what-would-beau-do.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 1, 2015 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106105547/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/opinion/sunday/maureen-dowd-joe-biden-in-2016-what-would-beau-do.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Jeff |last1=Zeleny |first2=Kevin |last2=Liptak |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/vice-president-joe-biden-presidential-elections/ |title=Joe Biden Keeps Watchful Eye on 2016 Race |work=CNN |date=August 1, 2015 |access-date=August 2, 2015 |archive-date=February 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202185430/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/vice-president-joe-biden-presidential-elections/ |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + − {{as of|2015|September|11|df=US}}, Biden was still uncertain about running. He cited his son's recent death as a large drain on his emotional energy, and said, "nobody has a right{{nbsp}}... to seek that office unless they're willing to give it 110% of who they are."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34216117|title=Joe Biden still undecided on presidential run|work=[[BBC News]]|date=September 11, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103083021/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34216117|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 21, speaking from a podium in the [[White House Rose Garden|Rose Garden]] with his wife and Obama by his side, Biden announced his decision not to run for president in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jeff |last=Mason |url=https://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/21/biden-announces-hes-not-running-for-president/21252056/ |title=Biden says he will not seek 2016 Democratic nomination |agency=Thomson Reuters |date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=October 21, 2015 |website=aol.com |archive-date=October 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022211907/http://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/21/biden-announces-hes-not-running-for-president/21252056/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Comment Joe Biden Is Not Running For President In 2016|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-president-2016_n_55f1cefbe4b093be51be0d69|work=Huffington Post|access-date=October 21, 2015|archive-date=April 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405213056/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-president-2016_n_55f1cefbe4b093be51be0d69|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Biden Decides Not to Enter Presidential Race|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-decides-not-to-enter-presidential-race-1445444657|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=October 21, 2015|archive-date=October 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021204730/http://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-decides-not-to-enter-presidential-race-1445444657|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2016, Biden affirmed that it was the right decision, but admitted to regretting not running for president "every day".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fabian|first1=Jordan|title=Biden regrets not running for president 'every day'|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/265011-biden-regrets-not-running-but-calls-it-right-decision|access-date=January 12, 2017|work=TheHill|date=January 6, 2016|archive-date=January 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102173755/http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/265011-biden-regrets-not-running-but-calls-it-right-decision|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + − After Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton on June 9, 2016, Biden endorsed her later that day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/joe-biden-endorses-hillary-clinton-224162|title=Joe Biden endorses Hillary Clinton|publisher=[[Politico]]|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103083139/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/joe-biden-endorses-hillary-clinton-224162|url-status=live}}</ref> Throughout the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 election]], Biden strongly criticized Clinton's opponent, Donald Trump, in often colorful terms.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-to-slam-donald-trump-in-speech-monday/|title=Joe Biden slams Donald Trump on wall, Muslim entry ban|date=June 20, 2016|work=CBS News|first=Rebecca|last=Shabad|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103083051/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-to-slam-donald-trump-in-speech-monday/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-wishes-trump-gym-groping-comments/story?id=42965866|title=Biden Says He Wishes He Could Take Trump 'Behind the Gym' Over Groping Comments|date=October 21, 2016|publisher=ABC|first=Maryalice|last=Parks|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103083055/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-wishes-trump-gym-groping-comments/story?id=42965866|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − ==Subsequent activities (2017–2021)==+ − [[File:58th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony 170120-D-BP749-1327.jpg|thumb|Biden with his two predecessors, [[Barack Obama]] and [[Donald Trump]], at the latter's [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|inauguration]] on January 20, 2017]] − After leaving the vice presidency, Biden became a professor at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], while continuing to lead efforts to find treatments for cancer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/12/technology/sxsw-joe-biden-cancer/index.html |title=Joe Biden: The fight against cancer is bipartisan |last=O'Brien |first=Sara Ashley |date=March 12, 2017 |website=CNNMoney |access-date=March 13, 2017 |archive-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526151625/https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/12/technology/sxsw-joe-biden-cancer/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017 he wrote a memoir, ''[[Promise Me, Dad]]'', and went on a book tour.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kane|first=Paul|title=Analysis {{!}} Biden wraps up book tour amid persistent questions about the next chapter|language=en-US|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/biden-wraps-up-book-tour-amid-persistent-questions-about-the-next-chapter/2018/06/11/33ebbe8e-6daf-11e8-bf86-a2351b5ece99_story.html|access-date=November 10, 2020|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107171225/https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/biden-wraps-up-book-tour-amid-persistent-questions-about-the-next-chapter/2018/06/11/33ebbe8e-6daf-11e8-bf86-a2351b5ece99_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden earned $15.6{{nbsp}}million in 2017–2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Viser|first1=Matt|last2=Narayanswamy|first2=Anu|date=July 9, 2019|title=Joe Biden earned $15.6 million in the two years after leaving the vice presidency|work=The Washington Post|url=https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-earned-156-million-in-the-two-years-after-leaving-the-vice-presidency/2019/07/09/55aad492-a27e-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html?outputType=amp|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124023752/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-earned-156-million-in-the-two-years-after-leaving-the-vice-presidency/2019/07/09/55aad492-a27e-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html?outputType=amp|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, he gave a eulogy for Senator [[John McCain]], praising McCain's embrace of American ideals and bipartisan friendships.<ref name="townandcountrymag">{{cite news|last=Friedman|first=Megan|date=August 30, 2018|title=Joe Biden Just Gave an Incredibly Powerful Speech at John McCain's Memorial|website=Town & Country|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a22877209/joe-biden-eulogy-john-mccain-memorial-full-transcript/|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610041411/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a22877209/joe-biden-eulogy-john-mccain-memorial-full-transcript/|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − Biden remained in the public eye, endorsing candidates while continuing to comment on politics, climate change, and the [[presidency of Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/05/28/biden-backing-phil-murphy-says-nj-governors-race-single-most-important-112380|title=Biden backs Phil Murphy, says N.J. governor's race 'most important' in nation|first=Ryan|last=Hutchins|date=May 28, 2017|publisher=Politico|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=December 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230125059/https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/05/28/biden-backing-phil-murphy-says-nj-governors-race-single-most-important-112380|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Democratic candidates on foreign policy |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020-election/ |work=[[Foreign Policy]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616084737/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020-election/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/335859-biden-paris-deal-best-way-to-protect-us-leadership|title=Biden: Paris deal 'best way to protect' US leadership|first=Max|last=Greenwood|newspaper=The Hill|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=February 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225090215/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/335859-biden-paris-deal-best-way-to-protect-us-leadership|url-status=live}}</ref> He also continued to speak out in favor of LGBT rights, continuing advocacy on an issue he had become more closely associated with during his vice presidency.<ref>{{cite news |title=VP's LGBT comments raise eyebrows |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/joe-biden-lgbt-workplace-discrimination-executive-order-human-rights-campaign-105018 |work=Politico.com |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103083142/https://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/joe-biden-lgbt-workplace-discrimination-executive-order-human-rights-campaign-105018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/joe-biden-to-lgbt-gala-hold-president-trump-accountable/|title=Joe Biden to LGBT gala: 'Hold President Trump accountable'|date=June 21, 2017|first=Steve|last=Peoples|newspaper=Seattle Times|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=June 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090144/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/joe-biden-to-lgbt-gala-hold-president-trump-accountable//|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Biden criticized [[Brunei]] for its intention to implement [[Sharia|Islamic laws]] that would allow death by stoning for adultery and homosexuality, calling it "appalling and immoral" and saying, "There is no excuse—not culture, not tradition—for this kind of hate and inhumanity."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brunei-islamiclaws-idUSKCN1RB0E1 |title=Brunei defends tough new Islamic laws against growing backlash |work=Reuters |date=March 30, 2019 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090148/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brunei-islamiclaws-idUSKCN1RB0E1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2019, Biden and his wife reported that their assets had increased to between $2.2 million and $8 million from speaking engagements and a contract to write a set of books.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eder|first1=Steve|last2=Glueck|first2=Katie|date=July 9, 2019|title=Joe Biden's Tax Returns Show More Than $15 Million in Income After 2016|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/joe-biden-net-worth.html|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715211457/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/joe-biden-net-worth.html|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − ===2020 presidential campaign===+ − {{Main|Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign}}+ − {{See also|2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 United States presidential election}}+ − ====Speculation and announcement====+ − − Between 2016 and 2019, media outlets often mentioned Biden as a likely candidate for president in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-201612-htmlstory.html#joe-biden-wouldnt-count-out-a-2020-run-for-president-but-he-was-asked-in-an-emotional-moment|title=Joe Biden wouldn't count out a 2020 run for president. But he was asked in an emotional moment|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 5, 2016|date=December 5, 2016|last=Memoli|first=Michael|archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090152/https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-201612-htmlstory.html#joe-biden-wouldnt-count-out-a-2020-run-for-president-but-he-was-asked-in-an-emotional-moment|url-status=live}}</ref> When asked if he would run, he gave varied and ambivalent answers, saying "never say never".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/07/politics/joe-biden-colbert-interview-2020-buzz/|title=Biden stokes 2020 buzz on Colbert: 'Never say never'|publisher=CNN|access-date=December 8, 2016|date=December 7, 2016|last=Wright|first=David|archive-date=June 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090156/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/07/politics/joe-biden-colbert-interview-2020-buzz//|url-status=live}}</ref> At one point he suggested he did not see a scenario where he would run again,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/|title=Joe Biden Discussed Running in 2020 With Stephen Colbert: 'Never Say Never'|work=Time|access-date=December 8, 2016|date=December 7, 2016|last=Lang|first=Cady|archive-date=December 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208083645/http://time.com/4593693/joe-biden-stephen-colbert-2020-run/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Revesz">{{cite news|last=Revesz|first=Rachael|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-biden-think-tank-research-centre-university-pennsylvania-delaware-white-house-staff-cancer-a7526881.html|title=Joe Biden: I will not run for president in 2020 but I am working to cure cancer|work=The Independent|date=January 13, 2017|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116185058/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-biden-think-tank-research-centre-university-pennsylvania-delaware-white-house-staff-cancer-a7526881.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but a few days later, he said, "I'll run if I can walk."<ref name="IfICanWalk">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/magazine/joe-biden-i-wish-to-hell-id-just-kept-saying-the-exact-same-thing.html|title=Joe Biden: 'I Wish to Hell I'd Just Kept Saying the Exact Same Thing'|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Alter|first=Jonathan|date=January 17, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2017|archive-date=January 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121233919/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/magazine/joe-biden-i-wish-to-hell-id-just-kept-saying-the-exact-same-thing.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[political action committee]] known as [[Time for Biden]] was formed in January 2018, seeking Biden's entry into the race.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wvik.org/post/new-quad-city-super-pac-time-biden|title=New Quad City Super PAC: "Time for Biden"|last=Charnetzki|first=Tori|publisher=WVIK|date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090209/https://www.wvik.org/post/new-quad-city-super-pac-time-biden/|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − Biden said he would decide whether to run by January 2019,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/07/17/joe-biden-president-january-decision/793771002/ |first=Christal|last=Hayes|title=Joe Biden says he will decide whether he's running for president by January|work=USA Today|access-date=July 18, 2018|date=July 17, 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090212/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/07/17/joe-biden-president-january-decision/793771002//|url-status=live }}</ref> but made no announcement at that time. Friends said he was "very close to saying yes" but was concerned about the effect another presidential run could have on his family and reputation, as well as fundraising struggles and perceptions about his age and relative centrism.<ref name=bidenclose>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/joe-biden-close-running-president-despite-doubts/581956/|title=Biden's Anguished Search for a Path to Victory|work=The Atlantic|access-date=February 9, 2019|date=February 4, 2019|first=Edward-Isaac|last=Dovere|archive-date=June 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090215/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/joe-biden-close-running-president-despite-doubts/581956//|url-status=live }}</ref> He finally launched his campaign on April 25, 2019,<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Scherer|first1=Michael|last2=Wagner|first2=John|date=April 25, 2019|title=Former vice president Joe Biden jumps into White House race|work=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-vice-president-joe-biden-jumps-into-white-house-race/2019/04/25/093ff596-0aef-11e9-88e3-989a3e456820_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526072655/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-vice-president-joe-biden-jumps-into-white-house-race/2019/04/25/093ff596-0aef-11e9-88e3-989a3e456820_story.html|archive-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref> saying he was prompted to run by his "sense of duty", offense at the Trump presidency, what he felt was a lack of foreign policy experience among other Democratic hopefuls, and his desire to foster "bridge-building progressivism" in the party.<ref name=bidenclose /> + − ====Campaign====+ − In September 2019, it was reported that Trump had pressured Ukrainian president [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] to investigate alleged wrongdoing by Biden and his son [[Hunter Biden]].<ref name="pressure">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/world/europe/ukraine-trump-zelensky.html|title=Ukraine Pressured on U.S. Political Investigations|last=Kramer|first=Andrew E.|date=September 20, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 20, 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920171010/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/world/europe/ukraine-trump-zelensky.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the allegations, as of September 2019, no evidence has been produced of any wrongdoing by the Bidens.<ref>{{cite news |last=Isachenkov |first=Vladimir |title=Ukraine's prosecutor says there is no probe into Biden |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ukraines-prosecutor-says-there-is-no-probe-into-biden |access-date=October 1, 2019 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 27, 2019 |quote=Though the timing raised concerns among anti-corruption advocates, there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by either the former vice president or his son. |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001005328/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ukraines-prosecutor-says-there-is-no-probe-into-biden |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=White House 'tried to cover up details of Trump-Ukraine call' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49842895 |access-date=October 1, 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=September 26, 2019 |quote=There is no evidence of any wrongdoing by the Bidens. |archive-date=September 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930105132/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49842895 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Timm |first=Jane |title=There's no evidence for Trump's Biden-Ukraine accusations. What really happened? |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/there-s-no-evidence-trump-s-biden-ukraine-accusations-what-n1057851 |access-date=October 1, 2019 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=September 25, 2019 |quote=But despite Trump's continued claims, there's no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of either Biden. |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001005034/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/there-s-no-evidence-trump-s-biden-ukraine-accusations-what-n1057851 |url-status=live }}</ref> The media widely interpreted this pressure to investigate the Bidens as trying to hurt Biden's chances of winning the presidency, resulting in [[Trump–Ukraine scandal|a political scandal]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-defends-conversation-with-ukraine-leader-11568993176 |date=September 21, 2019 |title=Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine President to Investigate Biden's Son |last3=Volz |first1=Alan |last1=Cullison |first2=Rebecca |last2=Ballhaus |first3=Dustin |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-date=September 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923092317/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-defends-conversation-with-ukraine-leader-11568993176 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/20/is-trump-trying-to-get-ukraine-to-take-out-biden-for-him/ |date=September 20, 2019 |title=Is Trump Trying to Get Ukraine to Take Out Biden for Him? |last=Mackinnon |first=Amy |work=Foreign Policy |publisher=[[Graham Holdings]] |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920210034/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/20/is-trump-trying-to-get-ukraine-to-take-out-biden-for-him/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|Trump's impeachment]] by the House of Representatives. − Beginning in 2019, Trump and his allies falsely accused Biden of getting the Ukrainian prosecutor general [[Viktor Shokin]] fired because he was supposedly pursuing an investigation into [[Burisma Holdings]], which employed Hunter Biden. Biden was accused of withholding $1{{nbsp}}billion in aid from Ukraine in this effort. In 2015, Biden pressured the Ukrainian parliament to remove Shokin because the United States, the European Union and other international organizations considered Shokin corrupt and ineffective, and in particular because Shokin was not assertively investigating Burisma. The withholding of the $1{{nbsp}}billion in aid was part of this official policy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/donald-trump/trump-ad-misleads-about-biden-ukraine-and-prosecut/|title=Donald Trump ad misleads about Joe Biden, Ukraine and the prosecutor|website=PolitiFact|date=October 9, 2019|access-date=November 14, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111194554/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/donald-trump/trump-ad-misleads-about-biden-ukraine-and-prosecut/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/27/quick-guide-trumps-false-claims-about-ukraine-bidens/|title=A quick guide to President Trump's false claims about Ukraine and the Bidens|first=Glenn|last=Kessler|date=September 27, 2019|website=The Washington Post|access-date=November 14, 2020|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114222235/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/27/quick-guide-trumps-false-claims-about-ukraine-bidens/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/23/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-hunter-biden-joe-biden/index.html|title=Fact check: What Trump has been getting wrong on Biden and Ukraine|first=Daniel|last=Dale|publisher=CNN|date=September 25, 2020|access-date=November 14, 2020|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120000522/https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/23/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-hunter-biden-joe-biden/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>In March 2016 testimony to the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]], former ambassador to Ukraine [[John E. Herbst]] said, "By late fall of 2015, the EU and the United States joined the chorus of those seeking Mr. Shokin's removal" and that Joe Biden "spoke publicly about this before and during his December visit to Kyiv." During the same hearing, assistant secretary of state [[Victoria Nuland]] said, "We have pegged our next $1{{nbsp}}billion loan guarantee, first and foremost, to having a rebooting of the reform coalition so that we know who we are working with, but secondarily, to ensuring that the prosecutor general's office gets cleaned up."{{cite web |title=Ukrainian Reforms Two Years After the Maidan Revolution and the Russian Invasion |publisher=U.S. Government Publishing Office |url=https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/03%2015%2016%20Ukrainian%20Reforms%20Two%20Years%20After%20the%20Maidan%20Revolution%20and%20the%20Russian%20Invasion.pdf |date=March 15, 2016 |access-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119210006/https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/03%2015%2016%20Ukrainian%20Reforms%20Two%20Years%20After%20the%20Maidan%20Revolution%20and%20the%20Russian%20Invasion.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − Throughout 2019, Biden stayed generally ahead of other Democrats in national polls.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/nbc-wsj-poll-former-vice-president-joe-biden-frontrunner-in/article_24e6b0ee-2256-11ea-9a8d-e79be1ad7f68.html|title=NBC/WSJ poll: Former Vice-President Joe Biden frontrunner in race for Democratic nomination|date=December 19, 2019|publisher=[[WPSD-TV]]|access-date=February 10, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213155327/https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/nbc-wsj-poll-former-vice-president-joe-biden-frontrunner-in/article_24e6b0ee-2256-11ea-9a8d-e79be1ad7f68.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/biden-is-the-front-runner-but-there-is-no-clear-favorite/|title=Biden Is The Front-Runner, But There's No Clear Favorite|last=Silver|first=Nate|date=January 10, 2020|work=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=February 10, 2020|archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214220639/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/biden-is-the-front-runner-but-there-is-no-clear-favorite/|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite this, he finished fourth in the [[2020 Iowa caucuses|Iowa caucuses]], and eight days later, fifth in the [[New Hampshire presidential primary|New Hampshire primary]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=2020 Iowa Democratic Caucuses Live Results|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/election-results/iowa/|date=February 3, 2020|website=The Washington Post|access-date=March 22, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207234356/https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/election-results/iowa/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=February 11, 2020|title=New Hampshire results|work=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-primary-elections/new-hampshire-results|access-date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212082135/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-primary-elections/new-hampshire-results|url-status=live}}</ref> He performed better in the [[Nevada presidential caucuses|Nevada caucuses]], reaching the 15% required for delegates, but still was behind [[Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign|Bernie Sanders]] by 21.6 percentage points.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Nevada Caucus Results|url=https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/nevada/|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=[[Politico]]|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115105350/https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/nevada/|url-status=live}}</ref> Making strong appeals to black voters on the campaign trail and in the South Carolina debate, Biden won the [[2020 South Carolina Democratic primary|South Carolina primary]] by more than 28 points.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/b9872b58b495fd17044f359338ab3f2a|title=Biden wins South Carolina, aims for Super Tuesday momentum|date=February 29, 2020|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=March 1, 2020|first1=Steve|first2=Meg|last1=Kinnard|first3=Bill|last2=Barrow|last3=x|archive-date=February 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229231101/https://apnews.com/b9872b58b495fd17044f359338ab3f2a|url-status=live}}</ref> After the withdrawals and subsequent endorsements of candidates [[Pete Buttigieg]] and [[Amy Klobuchar]], he made large gains in the March{{nbsp}}3 [[Super Tuesday]] primary elections. Biden won [[Results of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|18 of the next 26 contests]], including Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, putting him in the lead overall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Montanaro |first1=Domenico |date=March 4, 2020 |access-date=November 14, 2020 |title=5 Takeaways From Super Tuesday And Joe Biden's Big Night |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/03/04/811868704/5-takeaways-from-super-tuesday-and-joe-bidens-big-night |publisher=NPR |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113205101/https://www.npr.org/2020/03/04/811868704/5-takeaways-from-super-tuesday-and-joe-bidens-big-night |url-status=live }}</ref> Elizabeth Warren and Mike Bloomberg soon dropped out, and Biden expanded his lead with victories over Sanders in four states (Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, and Missouri) on March 10.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/politics/2020-primary-election-takeaways/index.html|title=5 takeaways as Biden takes command of Democratic race on Super Tuesday II|publisher=CNN|access-date=March 11, 2020|date=March 11, 2020|first1=Eric|last1=Bradner|first2=Gregory|last2=Krieg|first3=Dan|last3=Merica|archive-date=March 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311093752/https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/politics/2020-primary-election-takeaways/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + − When Sanders suspended his campaign on April 8, 2020, Biden became the Democratic Party's [[presumptive nominee]] for president.<ref name="NYT4-8-2020">{{Cite news|last=Ember|first=Sydney|date=April 8, 2020|title=Bernie Sanders Drops Out of 2020 Democratic Race for President|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/bernie-sanders-drops-out.html|access-date=April 8, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408160232/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/bernie-sanders-drops-out.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 13, Sanders endorsed Biden in a live-streamed discussion from their homes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-endorsement.html|title=Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden for President|last1=Ember|first1=Sydney|last2=Glueck|first2=Katie|date=April 13, 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413182004/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-endorsement.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Former President [[Barack Obama]] endorsed Biden the next day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Merica |first=Dan |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/obama-endorses-biden/index.html |title=Obama endorses Biden for president in video message |date=April 14, 2020 |publisher=CNN |access-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414183659/https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/obama-endorses-biden/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2020, Biden committed to choosing a woman as his running mate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Biden commits to picking a woman as his running mate|work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]|url=https://www.axios.com/joe-biden-woman-running-mate-6add0a5b-2600-43b0-8e83-b38d74042881.html|date=March 16, 2020|access-date=May 3, 2020|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008164423/https://www.axios.com/joe-biden-woman-running-mate-6add0a5b-2600-43b0-8e83-b38d74042881.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In June, Biden met the 1,991-delegate threshold needed to secure the party's presidential nomination.<ref name="delegates">{{Cite news|last=Linskey|first=Annie|date=June 9, 2020|title=Biden clinches the Democratic nomination after securing more than 1,991 delegates|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-clinches-the-democratic-nomination-after-securing-more-than-1991-delegates/2020/06/09/ee8a4e66-a7e3-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> On August 11, he announced U.S. Senator [[Kamala Harris]] of [[California]] as his running mate, making her the first [[African American]] and first [[South Asian American]] vice-presidential nominee on a major-party ticket.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53739323 |title=Biden VP pick: Kamala Harris chosen as running mate |website=BBC News |date=August 11, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010223842/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53739323 |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − On August 18, 2020, Biden was officially nominated at the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]] as the Democratic Party nominee for president in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 election]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=DNC Nominates Joe Biden to Lead Nation Through Pandemic |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-to-nominate-joe-biden-bill-clinton-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-to-speak-11597777946 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=August 19, 2020 |first1=Joshua |last1=Jamerson |first2=Chad |last2=Day |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818221830/https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-to-nominate-joe-biden-bill-clinton-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-to-speak-11597777946 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Joe Biden officially becomes the Democratic Party's nominee on convention's second night |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/08/18/democratic-national-convention-live-updates/ |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=August 19, 2020 |first1=Toluse |last1=Olorunnipa |first2=Chelsea |last2=Janes |first3=Felicia |last3=Sonmez |first4=Colby |last4=Itkowitz |first5=John |last5=Wagner |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117190515/https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/08/18/democratic-national-convention-live-updates/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Marisa |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Democrats formally nominate Joe Biden for president in virtual roll call |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-formally-nominate-joe-biden-to-be-2020-presidential-nominee |publisher=[[Fox News]] |access-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115190502/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-formally-nominate-joe-biden-to-be-2020-presidential-nominee |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + + − ====<!--Prior to changing section heading see RfC consensus at [[Special:Permalink/976047645#RfC Awaiting Closure ("Allegations of inappropriate physical contact" header)]]-->Allegations of inappropriate physical contact====+ − Biden has been accused several times of inappropriate non-sexual contact, such as embracing, kissing, and other forms of physical contact.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/29/18241598/joe-biden-lucy-flores-touching-women-media-history-explained|access-date=December 30, 2019|title=Lucy Flores isn't alone. Joe Biden's got a long history of touching women inappropriately.|last=McGann|first=Laura|date=March 29, 2019|website=Vox|archive-date=June 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090225/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/29/18241598/joe-biden-lucy-flores-touching-women-media-history-explained/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NBCNewYork">{{cite web|title=Biden Charms Photographers, Frightens Children at Final Swearing-In as VP|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/joe-biden-final-congressional-swearing-in-as-vp/2083691/|publisher=WNBC|access-date=March 26, 2020|date=January 3, 2017|archive-date=March 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326020014/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/joe-biden-final-congressional-swearing-in-as-vp/2083691/|url-status=live}}</ref> He has described himself as a "tactile politician" and admitted this behavior has caused trouble for him in the past.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-joe-biden-kiss-lucy-flores-20190329-story.html |title=Nevada Democrat accuses Joe Biden of touching and kissing her without consent at 2014 event |access-date=December 30, 2019 |last=Brice-Saddler |first=Michael |date=March 29, 2019 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090227/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-joe-biden-kiss-lucy-flores-20190329-story.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2015, a series of swearings-in and other events at which Biden had placed his hands on people and talked closely to them attracted attention in the press and on social media.<ref>{{cite news|last=Henderson|first=Nia-Malika|date=February 17, 2015|title=Joe Biden takes 'being Biden' to new heights (or depths)|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/02/17/joe-biden-takes-being-biden-to-new-heights-or-lows/|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712203358/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/02/17/joe-biden-takes-being-biden-to-new-heights-or-lows/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Peralta|first=Eyder|date=February 17, 2015|title=Joe Biden Gets A Bit Too Close To New Secretary Of Defense's Wife|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/17/387035292/joe-biden-gets-a-bit-too-close-to-new-secretary-of-defenses-wife|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502182331/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/17/387035292/joe-biden-gets-a-bit-too-close-to-new-secretary-of-defenses-wife|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Visentin|first=Lisa|date=February 18, 2015|title=US Vice-President Joe Biden in new 'creepy' photo with wife of Defence Secretary Ashton Carter|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/us-vicepresident-joe-biden-in-new-creepy-photo-with-wife-of-defence-secretary-ashton-carter-20150218-13hp6a.html|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115190456/https://www.smh.com.au/world/us-vicepresident-joe-biden-in-new-creepy-photo-with-wife-of-defence-secretary-ashton-carter-20150218-13hp6a.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Various people defended Biden, including a senator who issued a statement,<ref>{{cite news|last=Henderson|first=Nia-Malika|date=January 11, 2015|title=Coons: My daughter doesn't think Joe Biden is 'creepy'|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/01/11/coons-my-daughter-doesnt-think-joe-biden-is-creepy/|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208185505/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/01/11/coons-my-daughter-doesnt-think-joe-biden-is-creepy/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as Stephanie Carter, a woman whose photograph with Biden had gone viral, who described the photo as "misleadingly extracted from what was a longer moment between close friends".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/01/stephanie-carter-defends-joe-biden/3329501002/|title= Wife of ex-Defense secretary defends Biden, says viral photo of them used 'misleadingly'|website= USA Today|access-date= November 19, 2020|archive-date= November 24, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201124225055/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/01/stephanie-carter-defends-joe-biden/3329501002/|url-status= live}}</ref> In February 2016, Biden gave a speech about sexual assault awareness at the [[88th Academy Awards]], before introducing [[Lady Gaga]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-oscars-biden-idUSKCN0W20CM|title=At Oscars, VP Joe Biden and Lady Gaga spotlight sexual assault|first=Piya|last=Sinha-Roy|publisher=Reuters|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=November 18, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115190455/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-oscars-biden-idUSKCN0W20CM|url-status=live}}</ref> − In March 2019, former Nevada assemblywoman [[Lucy Flores]] alleged that Biden had touched her without her consent at a 2014 campaign rally in Las Vegas. In an op-ed, Flores wrote that Biden had walked up behind her, put his hands on her shoulders, smelled her hair, and kissed the back of her head, adding that the way he touched her was "an intimate way reserved for close friends, family, or romantic partners—and I felt powerless to do anything about it."<ref name="O'Connor">{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Lydia |title=Ex-Nevada Assemblywoman Says Joe Biden Inappropriately Kissed Her |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-lucy-flores-kiss_n_5c9e8025e4b0474c08cea7aa |access-date=March 29, 2019 |work=HuffPost |date=March 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090230/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-lucy-flores-kiss_n_5c9e8025e4b0474c08cea7aa |url-status=live }}</ref> Biden's spokesman said Biden did not recall the behavior described.<ref name="Taylor">{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Jessica |title=Former Nevada Candidate Accuses Biden Of Unwanted Touching, Which He Doesn't 'Recall' |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/29/708232869/former-nevada-candidate-accuses-biden-of-unwanted-touching-which-he-doesnt-recal |access-date=March 29, 2019 |publisher=NPR |date=March 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090232/https://www.npr.org/2019/03/29/708232869/former-nevada-candidate-accuses-biden-of-unwanted-touching-which-he-doesnt-recal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Two days later, Amy Lappos, a former congressional aide to [[Jim Himes]], said Biden touched her in a non-sexual but inappropriate way by holding her head to rub noses with her at a political fundraiser in Greenwich in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-biden-grabbed-aide-20190401-vl7chim3hrdjtcwu2tszrhozzm-story.html |title=Connecticut woman says then-Vice President Joe Biden touched her inappropriately at a Greenwich fundraiser in 2009 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |last=Vigdor |first=Neil |date=April 1, 2019 |access-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090235/https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-biden-grabbed-aide-20190401-vl7chim3hrdjtcwu2tszrhozzm-story.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The next day, two more women came forward with allegations of unwanted touching claiming that he touched a woman's leg during a meeting, and that he placed his hand on a woman's back during a photo.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437069-two-more-women-accuse-biden-of-inappropriate-touching |title=Two more women accuse Biden of inappropriate touching |first=Michael |last=Burke |date=April 2, 2019 |website=The Hill |access-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090238/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437069-two-more-women-accuse-biden-of-inappropriate-touching/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/politics/joe-biden-women-me-too.html |title=Biden's Tactile Politics Threaten His Return in the #MeToo Era |first1=Sheryl Gay |last1=Stolberg |first2=Sydney |last2=Ember |date=April 2, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090239/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/politics/joe-biden-women-me-too.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + − In early April 2019, three women told ''The Washington Post'' Biden had touched them in ways that made them feel uncomfortable.<ref name="WaPoColl">{{cite web|last1=Viebeck|first1=Elise|last2=Viser|first2=Matt|last3=Itkowitz|first3=Colby|work=The Washington Post|title=Three more women accuse Biden of unwanted affection, say apology video doesn't quell concerns|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-says-hell-adjust-his-physical-behavior-as-three-more-women-come-forward/2019/04/03/94a2ed2c-5622-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html|date=April 3, 2019|access-date=March 29, 2020|archive-date=June 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617175554/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-says-hell-adjust-his-physical-behavior-as-three-more-women-come-forward/2019/04/03/94a2ed2c-5622-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in April 2019, former Biden staffer Tara Reade said she had felt uncomfortable on several occasions when Biden touched her on her shoulder and neck during her employment in his Senate office in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Riquelmy |first1=Alan |title=Nevada County woman says Joe Biden inappropriately touched her while working in his U.S. Senate office |url=https://www.theunion.com/news/nevada-county-woman-says-joe-biden-inappropriately-touched-her-while-working-in-his-u-s-senate-office/ |access-date=April 14, 2020 |work=The Union |date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401210312/https://www.theunion.com/news/nevada-county-woman-says-joe-biden-inappropriately-touched-her-while-working-in-his-u-s-senate-office/ |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |quote=He used to put his hand on my shoulder and run his finger up my neck.}}</ref>+ − In March 2020, Reade accused him of a [[Joe Biden sexual assault allegation|1993 sexual assault]].<ref name="nytimesallegations">{{cite news |last1=Lerer |first1=Lisa |last2=Ember |first2=Sydney |title=Examining Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/politics/joe-biden-tara-reade-sexual-assault-complaint.html |access-date=April 14, 2020 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414043025/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/politics/joe-biden-tara-reade-sexual-assault-complaint.html |archive-date=April 14, 2020}}</ref> Biden and his campaign vehemently denied the allegation.<ref name="WaPoDenial">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sexual-assault-allegation-by-former-biden-senate-aide-emerges-in-campaign-draws-denial/2020/04/12/bc070d66-7067-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html|title=Sexual assault allegation by former Biden Senate aide emerges in campaign, draws denial|date=April 12, 2020|access-date=April 14, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|first1=Beth|last1=Reinhard|first2=Elise|last2=Viebeck|first3=Matt|last3=Viser|first4=Alice|last4=Crites|archive-date=April 28, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200428141345/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sexual-assault-allegation-by-former-biden-senate-aide-emerges-in-campaign-draws-denial/2020/04/12/bc070d66-7067-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Amber|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/30/who-is-tara-reade-biden-accuser/|title=What we know about Tara Reade's sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 1, 2020|access-date=May 1, 2020|archive-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618153105/https://www.washingtonpost.com//politics/2020/04/30/who-is-tara-reade-biden-accuser/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' investigated and "found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden".<ref name="nytimesallegations"/>+ + − Biden apologized for not understanding how people would react to his actions, but said his intentions were honorable and that he would be more "mindful of people's personal space". He went on to say he was not sorry for anything he had ever done, which led critics to accuse him of sending a mixed message.<ref>Multiple sources:<br />{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-biden-rebound-effort-20190405-story.html | title=As Joe Biden struggles to shed baggage, other Democrats move forward | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=April 5, 2019 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | first1=Janet | last1=Hook | first2=Evan | last2=Halper | archive-date=June 20, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090249/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-biden-rebound-effort-20190405-story.html/ | url-status=live }}<br />{{Cite news|last1=Ember|first1=Sydney|last2=Martin|first2=Jonathan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/politics/joe-biden-women-video.html|title=Joe Biden, in video, says he will be 'more mindful' of personal space|date=April 3, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=June 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620090251/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/politics/joe-biden-women-video.html/|url-status=live}}<br />{{Cite news|last=Blake|first=Aaron|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/03/bidens-new-video-is-well-done-its-still-non-apology/|title=Biden's new video is well done. But it's not an apology|date=April 3, 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=June 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615071843/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/03/bidens-new-video-is-well-done-its-still-non-apology/|url-status=live}}</ref> Arwa Mahdawi of ''The Guardian'' said it was "frustrating to see conservatives... weaponize the accusations against Biden", but that it was "also frustrating to see so many liberals turn a blind eye".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegations-why-has-media-ignored-claims|title=Why has the media ignored sexual assault and misbehaviour allegations against Biden?|last=Mahdawi|first=Arwa|website=theguardian.com|date=March 28, 2020|access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>+ − ====Presidential transition====+ − {{further|Presidential transition of Joe Biden}} − Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States in November 2020. He defeated the incumbent, Donald Trump, becoming the first candidate to defeat a sitting president since Bill Clinton defeated [[George H. W. Bush|George H.{{nbsp}}W. Bush]] in [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]. On November{{nbsp}}23, [[General Services Administration|General Services Administrator]] [[Emily W. Murphy]] formally recognized Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 election and authorized the start of a transition process to the Biden administration.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[CNN]]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/transition-biden-gsa-begin/index.html|title=First on CNN: GSA tells Biden that transition can formally begin|authors=Kristen Holmes and Jeremy Herb|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123232709/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/transition-biden-gsa-begin/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Donald Trump]] refused to concede to Biden, propping up [[QAnon]] and other [[conspiracy theories]] relating to the legitimacy of the [[mail-in voting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/capitol-trump-inaugural-troops-boogaloo-qanon-proud-boys-20210114.html|title= The violence and conspiracy theories Trump fueled will threaten America long after he leaves|website= The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date= February 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/presidential-election-2020-conspiracy-theories-debunked/|title= 6 conspiracy theories about the 2020 election – debunked|website= CBS News|access-date= February 9, 2021}}</ref> After Trump exhausted his legal options, he engaged in the [[big lie]], furthering conspiracy theories and endorsed his supporters and theorists linked to QAnon to find ways [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|to overturn the 2020 election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/16/957291939/can-the-forces-unleashed-by-trumps-big-election-lie-be-undone|title= Can The Forces Unleashed By Trump's Big Election Lie Be Undone?|website= NPR|access-date= February 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/01/30/romney-rebukes-marjorie-taylor-greene-and-trump-lies-of-a-feather-flock-together/?sh=47ee4a5e7bd6|title= Romney Rebukes Marjorie Taylor Greene And Trump: 'Lies Of A Feather Flock Together'|website= Forbes|access-date= February 9, 2021}}</ref> − On January 6, 2021, during Congress's electoral vote count, Trump told supporters gathered in front of the [[White House]] to march to the Capitol, saying, "We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn't happen. You don't concede when there's theft involved."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-13/transcript-of-trumps-speech-at-rally-before-us-capitol-riot|title= Transcript of Trump's Speech at Rally Before US Capitol Riot|website= US News|access-date= February 9, 2021}}</ref> Soon after, they [[storming of the United States Capitol|stormed the Capitol]]. During the insurrection at the Capitol, Biden addressed the nation, calling the events "an unprecedented assault unlike anything we've seen in modern times." He specifically called on Trump to "go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege", adding "It must end now."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/politics/biden-speaks-capitol-riots/|title= Joe Biden Calls on Donald Trump to 'Step Up' amid Chaos Led by 'Extremists' at Capitol|website= People|access-date= February 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-capitol-c68378d16055c53e3942da66e968ea6b|title= Biden urges restoring decency after 'assault' on democracy|website= Associated Press|access-date= February 9, 2021}}</ref> After the Capitol was cleared, Congress resumed its joint session and officially certified the election results with Pence declaring Biden and Harris the winners.<ref name = USATODAY>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/06/congress-count-electoral-college-votes-biden-win/6556555002/|author1=King, Ledyard|author2=Groppe, Maureen|author3=Wu, Nicholas|author4=Jansen, Bart|author5=Subramanian, Courtney|author6=Garrison, Joey|title=Pence confirms Biden as winner, officially ending electoral count after day of violence at Capitol|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=January 7, 2021|date=January 6, 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107100543/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/06/congress-count-electoral-college-votes-biden-win/6556555002/}}</ref>+ + − In December 2020, Biden received his first dose of the [[Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine]] at the [[Christiana Hospital]] in [[Delaware]], publicly taking the vaccine on live television to build trust in the vaccine and to encourage Americans to get inoculated.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Tucker |date=December 21, 2020|title=Joe Biden receives Covid vaccine on live television, encourages Americans to get inoculated |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/joe-biden-receives-covid-vaccine-on-live-televisio.html |website=CNBC |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Karni|first1=Annie|last2=Weiland|first2=Noah|date=December 21, 2020|title=Biden receives the coronavirus vaccine.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/us/biden-coronavirus-vaccine.html|access-date=January 15, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114033749/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/us/biden-coronavirus-vaccine.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He returned for his second dose in January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kalich|first=Sydney|date=January 11, 2021|title=President-elect Biden receives final COVID-19 vaccine dose|url=https://www.wiproud.com/news/washington-dc/president-elect-biden-to-get-final-covid-19-vaccine-dose/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115080842/https://www.wiproud.com/news/washington-dc/president-elect-biden-to-get-final-covid-19-vaccine-dose/|archive-date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=FOX2548 & WIProud|language=en-US}}</ref>+ + + + − ==Presidency (2021–present)==+ − {{Main|Presidency of Joe Biden}} − {{For timeline|Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency}} − [[File:President Biden taking oath of office (cropped).png|thumb|Biden takes [[Oath of office of the President of the United States|the oath of office]] administered by [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[John Roberts|John G. Roberts Jr.]] at [[United States Capitol|the Capitol]], January 20, 2021]] − [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Biden was inaugurated]] as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021.<ref name="hunnicutt">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/assuming-u-s-presidency-biden-tells-divided-nation-democracy-has-prevailed-idUSKBN29P0HG|title=Taking helm of divided nation, U.S. President Biden calls for end to 'uncivil war'|date=January 20, 2021|author=Hunnicutt, Trevor; Zengerle, Patricia; Renshaw, Jarrett|work=Reuters|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120171341/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/assuming-u-s-presidency-biden-tells-divided-nation-democracy-has-prevailed-idUSKBN29P0HG|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden inauguration: New president sworn in amid Trump snub|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55736856|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120145011/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55736856|url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|name=GSA01b|group=n|Like previous potential transition teams, such as that of unsuccessful candidate [[Mitt Romney]] in [[Planned presidential transition of Mitt Romney|2012]], the Biden transition team remained eligible for government funding in accordance with the [[Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010]],<ref name="parker">{{cite news|last1=Parker|first1=Ashley|title=Campaigning Aside, Team Plans a Romney Presidency|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/us/politics/mitt-romneys-transition-team-is-hard-at-work.html?_r=0|access-date=January 22, 2016|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205184839/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/us/politics/mitt-romneys-transition-team-is-hard-at-work.html?_r=0|archive-date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nr">{{cite news|last1=Fund|first1=John|title=What was Romney Planning?|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/338182/what-was-romney-planning-john-fund|access-date=January 22, 2016|work=[[National Review]]|date=January 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131073601/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/338182/what-was-romney-planning-john-fund|archive-date=January 31, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and Biden had been eligible to receive classified intelligence briefings since his nomination in August.<ref name=CBS2020-09-18-01a>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-receives-first-classified-intelligence-briefing/|work=CBS News|title=Biden receives first classified intelligence briefing |date=September 18, 2020 |first1=Olivia |last1=Gazis |first2=Bo |last2=Erickson |first3=Grace |last3=Segers |access-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101043140/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-receives-first-classified-intelligence-briefing/|url-status=live}}</ref> At least some government agencies had reportedly started their transition plans as early as November{{nbsp}}9, 2020, with airspace being restricted over his home, and "the Secret Service{{nbsp}}... using agents from its presidential protective detail for the president-elect and his family."<ref name=TribuneIndia2020-11-09-01a>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/health/trump-faces-calls-to-work-with-biden-team-on-transition-168288|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|title=Trump faces calls to work with Biden team on transition|date=November 9, 2020|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115190525/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/health/trump-faces-calls-to-work-with-biden-team-on-transition-168288|url-status=live}}</ref>}} At 78, he is the oldest person to have assumed the office.<ref name="hunnicutt"/> He is the second [[Catholic]] president (after [[John F. Kennedy]])<ref>{{Cite web|author=NBC News|date=January 19, 2021|title=Biden to become the second Catholic president in U.S. history, after JFK|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/biden-to-become-the-second-catholic-president-in-u-s-history-after-jfk-99673157918|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119212606/https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/biden-to-become-the-second-catholic-president-in-u-s-history-after-jfk-99673157918|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first president whose home state is [[Delaware]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Cormier|first1=Ryan|last2=Talorico|first2=Patricia|date=November 7, 2020|title=Delaware history is made: The First State gets its first president in Joe Biden|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/07/one-us-delaware-pride-soars-biden-makes-history/6121243002/|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=The News Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108021346/https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/07/one-us-delaware-pride-soars-biden-makes-history/6121243002/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the second non-incumbent vice president (after [[Richard Nixon]] in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]) to be elected president.<ref name="Azari">{{Cite news|last=Azari|first=Julia|date=August 20, 2020|title=Biden Had To Fight For The Presidential Nomination. But Most VPs Have To.|work=FiveThirtyEight|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/biden-had-to-fight-for-the-presidential-nomination-but-most-vps-have-to/|url-status=live|access-date=August 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117190453/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/biden-had-to-fight-for-the-presidential-nomination-but-most-vps-have-to/|archive-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> − In his first two days as president, Biden signed 17 executive orders, more than most recent presidents did in their first 100 days. By his third day, orders had included rejoining the [[Paris Agreement|Paris Climate Agreement]], ending the state of national emergency at the [[Mexico–United States border|border with Mexico]], directing the government to rejoin the [[World Health Organization]], [[100 Days Masking Challenge|face mask requirements]] on [[Federal lands|federal property]] and measures to combat [[hunger in the United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden's first act: Orders on pandemic, climate, immigration|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-executive-orders-b5b409da08e42414b9a12e2c67ee2df6|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=Associated Press|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120230130/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-executive-orders-b5b409da08e42414b9a12e2c67ee2df6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Erikson|first=Bo|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden signs executive actions on COVID, climate change, immigration and more|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-executive-orders-watch-live-stream-today-2021-01-20/|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=CBS News|language=en-US|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120233631/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-executive-orders-watch-live-stream-today-2021-01-20/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref >{{cite web|url= https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/22/joe-biden-is-taking-executive-action-at-a-record-pace|title= Joe Biden is taking executive action at a record pace|work= [[The Economist]]|date= January 22, 2021|access-date= January 23, 2021|archive-date= January 24, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210124002448/https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/22/joe-biden-is-taking-executive-action-at-a-record-pace|url-status= live}}</ref><ref >{{cite web|url= https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/22/biden-executive-orders-hunger-workers-461270 |title= Biden signs executive orders aimed at combating hunger, protecting workers|work= [[Politico]]|date = January 22, 2021|access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref> He issued an executive order that revoked permits for the construction of the [[Keystone XL pipeline]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Allassan|first1=Fadel|first2=Ursula|last2=Perano|date=January 20, 2021|title=Biden will issue executive order to rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit|url=https://www.axios.com/biden-keystone-pipeline-9ffcedfb-42c1-4778-8183-27d858f0c966.html|work=Axios|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Massie|first=Graeme|date=January 23, 2021|title=Canada's Trudeau 'disappointed' with Biden order to cancel Keystone pipeline|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trudeau-biden-keystone-xl-pipeline-b1791756.html|work=The Independent|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> a pipeline heavily criticized by environmental and Native American activists and groups, resulting in Canadian energy company [[TC Energy]]'s eliminating 1,000 construction jobs.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Volcovici|first1=Rod |last2=Nickel|first2=Valerie|date=January 21, 2021|title=TC Energy cuts jobs as Keystone pipeline nixed, but markets start to move on|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-keystone-idUSKBN29Q1T8|access-date=January 24, 2021}}</ref> In his first two weeks in office, Biden signed more executive orders than any other president since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] had in their first month in office.<ref name="With 28 Executive Orders Signed, President Biden Is Off To A Record Start">{{cite web |last1=Keith |first1=Tamara |date=February 3, 2021 |title=With 28 Executive Orders Signed, President Biden Is Off To A Record Start |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963380189/with-28-executive-orders-signed-president-biden-is-off-to-a-record-start |website=NPR |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>+ + + + + + − On February 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced that the United States was ending its support for the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|Saudi-led bombing campaign]] in [[Yemen]]. In his first visit to the State Department as president, Biden said "this war has to end" and that the conflict has created a "humanitarian and strategic catastrophe".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knickmeyer |first1=Ellen |date=February 5, 2021 |title=Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-end-support-saudi-offenseive-yemen-b68f58493dbfc530b9fcfdb80a13098f |website=Associated Press |access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref>+ + + − On February 25, 2021, the Biden administration "struck a site in [[Syria]] used by two Iranian-backed militia groups in response to rocket attacks on American forces in the region in the past two weeks". This marked the first known action by the military under Biden.<ref name="syria_strikes">{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/us-iraq-iran/index.html |title=US carries out air strikes in Syria targeting Iranian backed militias |first1=Barbara |first2=Oren |first3=Nicole |last1=Starr |last2=Liebermann |last3=Gaouette |date=February 25, 2021 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref>+ + + − ==Political positions==+ − + − − Biden supported the [[fiscal stimulus]] in the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]];<ref>{{cite news|last=Biden|first=Joe|date=February 5, 2017|title=Assessing the Recovery Act: 'The best is yet to come'|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/op-ed-vice-president-joe-biden-todays-usa-today|access-date=April 5, 2013|archive-date=January 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124150619/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/op-ed-vice-president-joe-biden-todays-usa-today|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pbs27jan112">{{cite news|last=Biden|first=Joe|date=January 27, 2011|title=Biden: Mubarak Is Not a Dictator, But People Have a Right to Protest|newspaper=[[PBS NewsHour]]|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exclusive-biden-mubarak-is-not-a-dictator-but-people-have-a-right-to-protest|access-date=November 13, 2020|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113235439/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exclusive-biden-mubarak-is-not-a-dictator-but-people-have-a-right-to-protest|url-status=live}}</ref> the Obama administration's proposed increase in infrastructure spending;<ref name="pbs27jan112" /> subsidies for [[mass transit]], including [[Amtrak]], bus, and subway;<ref>{{cite news|last=Hockenberry|first=John|date=April 23, 2009|title=Vice President Joe Biden pushes mass transit spending|newspaper=The TakeAway|url=http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/23/amtrak-joes-new-portfolio/|url-status=dead|access-date=April 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719151247/http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/23/amtrak-joes-new-portfolio/|archive-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref> and the reduced military spending in the Obama administration's fiscal year 2014 budget.<ref>{{cite web|last=Biden|first=Joe|date=June 23, 2011|title=Statement by Vice President Biden On the Bipartisan Debt Talks|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/23/statement-vice-president-biden-bipartisan-debt-talks|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=April 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hellman|first1=Chris|last2=Kramer|first2=Mattea|date=April 10, 2013|title=Competing Visions: President Obama, Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Patty Murray, and House Progressives Release Budget Proposals for 2014|url=https://www.nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2013/budget-proposals-2014/|access-date=June 3, 2013|publisher=National Priorities Project|archive-date=November 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125214704/http://nationalpriorities.org/en/analysis/2013/budget-proposals-2014/|url-status=live}}</ref> He has proposed partially reversing the corporate tax cuts of the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]], saying that doing so would not hurt businesses' ability to hire.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 11, 2020|title=Joe Biden pledges to roll back Trump's corporate tax cuts on 'day one,' saying it won't hurt businesses' ability to hire|work=Business Insider|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-trumps-tax-cuts-day-one-presidency-economy-2020-9|access-date=November 13, 2020|archive-date=November 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122232506/https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-trumps-tax-cuts-day-one-presidency-economy-2020-9|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 30, 2020|title=Biden pledges to roll back Trump's tax cuts: 'A lot of you may not like that'|work=Fox Business|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/biden-pledges-to-undo-trumps-tax-cuts-a-lot-of-you-may-not-like-that|access-date=November 13, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112205316/https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/biden-pledges-to-undo-trumps-tax-cuts-a-lot-of-you-may-not-like-that|url-status=live}}</ref> He voted for the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA)<ref>{{cite news|title=Final Senate Vote on NAFTA|publisher=[[Public Citizen]]|url=http://www.citizen.org/print_article.cfm?ID=15960|access-date=August 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608182639/http://www.citizen.org/print_article.cfm?ID=15960|archive-date=June 8, 2008}}</ref> and the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Mike Lillis|date=January 28, 2016|title=Biden coaxes Dems on Obama trade deal|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/267420-biden-coaxes-dems-on-obama-trade-deal|website=The Hill|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107075246/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/267420-biden-coaxes-dems-on-obama-trade-deal|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden is a staunch supporter of the [[Affordable Care Act]] (ACA).<ref name="ACA203">Dan Diamond, [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/joe-biden-health-care-plan-1415850 Biden unveils health care plan: Affordable Care Act 2.0] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103083823/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/joe-biden-health-care-plan-1415850 |date=January 3, 2021 }}, ''Politico'' (July 15, 2019).</ref><ref>Bill Barrow, [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-aggressively-defends-the-affordable-care-act Biden aggressively defends the Affordable Care Act] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103083902/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-aggressively-defends-the-affordable-care-act |date=January 3, 2021 }}, Associated Press (July 15, 2019).</ref> He has promoted a plan to expand and build upon it, paid for by revenue gained from reversing some Trump administration tax cuts.<ref name="ACA203" /> Biden's plan is to create a [[public option for health insurance]], with the aim of expanding [[Health insurance coverage in the United States|health insurance coverage]] to 97% of Americans.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=Dylan|date=August 20, 2020|title=Joe Biden has a chance to finish the work of Obamacare|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/8/20/21372511/joe-biden-obamacare-health-care-plan|access-date=November 27, 2020|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|language=en|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105044015/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/8/20/21372511/joe-biden-obamacare-health-care-plan|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − Biden has supported [[abortion rights]],<ref name="RCP2">{{cite web|last=Dannenfelser|first=Marjorie|date=March 19, 2020|title=Biden's Pro-Abortion Stance Will Cost Him Moderate Voters|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/19/bidens_pro-abortion_stance_will_cost_him_moderate_voters_142701.html|access-date=April 19, 2020|publisher=[[RealClearPolitics]]|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320144639/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/19/bidens_pro-abortion_stance_will_cost_him_moderate_voters_142701.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[same-sex marriage]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Biden|first=Joe|date=May 6, 2013|title=May 6: Joe Biden, Kelly Ayotte, Diane Swonk, Tom Brokaw, Chuck Todd|work=[[NBC News]]|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47311900/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts/t/may-joe-biden-kelly-ayotte-diane-swonk-tom-brokaw-chuck-todd/|access-date=April 5, 2013|archive-date=April 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405045344/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47311900/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts/t/may-joe-biden-kelly-ayotte-diane-swonk-tom-brokaw-chuck-todd/|url-status=live}}</ref> the ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' decision, and since 2019 has supported repealing the [[Hyde Amendment]] (a rule barring the use of federal funds to pay for [[abortion]]).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lerer|first=Lisa|date=March 29, 2019|title=When Joe Biden Voted to Let States Overturn Roe v. Wade|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/us/politics/biden-abortion-rights.html|access-date=August 8, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806121254/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/us/politics/biden-abortion-rights.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Siders|first=Dave|date=June 22, 2019|title=Biden calls for enshrining Roe v. Wade in federal law|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/22/biden-roe-v-wade-2020-1376712|access-date=April 19, 2020|work=[[Politico]]|archive-date=April 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402175549/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/22/biden-roe-v-wade-2020-1376712|url-status=live}}</ref> He opposes drilling for oil in the [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]] and supports governmental funding to find new energy sources.<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential Candidates views on ANWR, The Democrats|url=http://www.anwr.org/Politics/Presidential-Candidates-views-on-ANWR-The-Democrats.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807162357/http://www.anwr.org/Politics/Presidential-Candidates-views-on-ANWR-The-Democrats.php|archive-date=August 7, 2008|access-date=August 25, 2008|publisher=Arctic Power}}</ref> As a senator, he forged deep relationships with police groups and was a chief proponent of a [[Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights|Police Officer's Bill of Rights]] measure that police unions supported but police chiefs opposed. As vice president, he served as a White House liaison to police.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kranish|first=Michael|date=June 9, 2020|title=Joe Biden let police groups write his crime bill. Now, his agenda has changed.|work=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-let-police-groups-write-his-crime-bill-now-his-agenda-has-changed/2020/06/08/82ab969e-a434-11ea-8681-7d471bf20207_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112174038/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-let-police-groups-write-his-crime-bill-now-his-agenda-has-changed/2020/06/08/82ab969e-a434-11ea-8681-7d471bf20207_story.html|archive-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=McDermott|first1=Nathan|last2=Steck|first2=Em|date=June 10, 2020|title=Biden repeatedly pushed bill in Senate that critics said would have made investigating police officers for misconduct more difficult|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/biden-senate-police-officers-kfile/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116122904/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/biden-senate-police-officers-kfile/index.html|archive-date=November 16, 2020|access-date=November 13, 2020|publisher=CNN}}</ref>+ + + + − Biden believes action must be taken on [[global warming]]. As a senator, he co-sponsored the Sense of the Senate resolution calling on the United States to take part in the United Nations climate negotiations and the [[Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007|Boxer–Sanders Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act]], the most stringent climate bill in the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite news|date=January 3, 2008|title=A look at the environmental record of Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate|magazine=[[Grist (magazine)|Grist]]|url=https://grist.org/article/biden_factsheet/|access-date=May 4, 2008|archive-date=May 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526083021/http://www.grist.org/article/biden_factsheet/|url-status=live}}</ref> He wants to achieve a carbon-free power sector in the U.S. by 2035 and stop emissions completely by 2050.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carr|first1=Bob|date=September 2, 2020|title=Joe Biden's bold climate policies would leave Australia behind|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/02/joe-bidens-bold-climate-policies-would-leave-australia-behind|access-date=September 21, 2020|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921170525/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/02/joe-bidens-bold-climate-policies-would-leave-australia-behind|url-status=live}}</ref> His program includes reentering the [[Paris Agreement]], [[nature conservation]], and [[green building]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Elena|date=October 16, 2020|title=Trump's And Biden's Plans For The Environment|agency=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/16/920484187/trumps-and-biden-s-plans-for-the-environment|access-date=October 21, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030113807/https://www.npr.org/2020/10/16/920484187/trumps-and-biden-s-plans-for-the-environment|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden wants to pressure China and other countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions, by carbon tariffs if necessary.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bade|first1=Gavin|date=October 14, 2020|title=How Biden would use trade agreements to fight global warming|work=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/14/biden-trade-fight-global-warming-429495|access-date=October 22, 2020|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021021812/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/14/biden-trade-fight-global-warming-429495|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=September 8, 2020|title=Biden's hands may be tied on Trump's China tariffs, trade experts say|publisher=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/08/bidens-hands-may-be-tied-on-trumps-china-tariffs-trade-experts-say-.html|access-date=October 22, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026034203/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/08/bidens-hands-may-be-tied-on-trumps-china-tariffs-trade-experts-say-.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden has voiced concerns about China's "unfair economic practices" and human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region.<ref>{{cite news|title=President Biden Raises Human Rights and Trade Concerns in First Call With China's Xi|url=https://time.com/5938307/biden-xi-china-first-call/|publisher=TIME|date=February 8, 2021|access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref>+ − Biden has said he is against [[regime change]], but for providing non-military support to opposition movements.<ref name="NYTForeignPolicy2">[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/politics/joe-biden-foreign-policy.html Foreign Policy, Joseph R. Biden Jr.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107123211/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/politics/joe-biden-foreign-policy.html |date=January 7, 2021 }}, ''New York Times'' (2000).</ref> He opposed direct U.S. [[2011 military intervention in Libya|intervention in Libya]];<ref>Peter Baker, [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/10/us/politics/a-biden-run-would-expose-foreign-policy-differences-with-hillary-clinton.html A Biden Run Would Expose Foreign Policy Differences With Hillary Clinton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216223923/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/10/us/politics/a-biden-run-would-expose-foreign-policy-differences-with-hillary-clinton.html |date=December 16, 2020 }}, ''New York Times'' (October 10, 2015): "She argued for the military intervention that ultimately toppled Muammar el-Qaddaf in Libya while he opposed it."</ref><ref name="OddCouple2">[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/us/politics/barack-obama-biden.html Biden and Obama's 'Odd Couple' Relationship Aged Into Family Ties] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606093422/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/us/politics/barack-obama-biden.html |date=June 6, 2020 }}, ''New York Times'' (April 28, 2019): "He was also the in-house skeptic on the use of force, arguing against a troop surge to Afghanistan, military intervention in Libya and the raid that killed Osama bin Laden."</ref> voted against U.S. participation in the [[Gulf War]];<ref>{{cite news|last=Wehner|first=Peter|title=Biden Was Wrong On the Cold War|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122049148440397625|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006022121/http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB122049148440397625.html|archive-date=October 6, 2008}}</ref> voted in favor of the [[Iraq War]];<ref name="FarleyRecord2">{{cite news|author=Robert Farley|date=September 10, 2019|title=Biden's Record on Iraq War|work=FactCheck.org|publisher=Annenberg Public Policy Center|url=https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/bidens-record-on-iraq-war/|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107172331/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/bidens-record-on-iraq-war/|url-status=live}}</ref> and supports a [[two-state solution]] in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli-Palestinian conflict]].<ref name="JTA20192">[https://www.jta.org/2019/12/12/united-states/where-does-joe-biden-stand-on-anti-semitism-israel-and-other-issues-that-matter-to-jewish-voters-in-2020 Where does Joe Biden stand on anti-Semitism, Israel and other issues that matter to Jewish voters in 2020?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111070241/https://www.jta.org/2019/12/12/united-states/where-does-joe-biden-stand-on-anti-semitism-israel-and-other-issues-that-matter-to-jewish-voters-in-2020 |date=January 11, 2021 }}, Jewish Telegraphic Agency (December 12, 2019).</ref> Biden has pledged to end U.S. support for the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]] and to reevaluate the United States' relationship with [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref name="foreign-policy2">{{cite news|title=The Democratic candidates on foreign policy|work=[[Foreign Policy]]|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020-election/|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616084737/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020-election/|url-status=live}}</ref> He has called [[North Korea]] a "[[paper tiger]]".<ref name="CFR2">{{cite web|title=Joseph R. Biden, Jr. – Council on Foreign Relations|url=http://www.cfr.org/bios/1451/joseph_r_biden_jr.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206202245/http://www.cfr.org/bios/1451/joseph_r_biden_jr.html|archive-date=February 6, 2008|access-date=August 25, 2008}}</ref> As vice president, Biden supported Obama's [[Cuban thaw]].<ref name="Engage2">[https://www.engagecuba.org/2020-presidential-election 2020 presidential election] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103084023/https://www.engagecuba.org/2020-presidential-election |date=January 3, 2021 }}, Engage Cuba Coalition (last accessed May 1, 2020).</ref> He has said that, as president, he would restore U.S. membership in key [[United Nations]] bodies, such as the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO), the [[World Health Organization]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=July 2020|first=Rafi Letzter-Staff Writer 07|title=The US formally announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization|url=https://www.livescience.com/trump-exits-who-united-states.html|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=livescience.com|language=en|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118203522/https://www.livescience.com/trump-exits-who-united-states.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and possibly the [[United Nations Human Rights Council|Human Rights Council]].<ref name="LeeWeissert2">Matthew Lee & Weissert, [https://apnews.com/article/1d2a57631fee12c761f91053124606ab Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107211459/https://apnews.com/1d2a57631fee12c761f91053124606ab |date=January 7, 2021 }}, Associated Press (August 1, 2020).</ref> Biden also pledged to sanction and commercially restrict Chinese government officials and entities who carry out repression.<ref name="WongCrowleySwanson2">{{cite news|last1=Edward|first1=Wong|last2=Crawley|first2=Michael|last3=Swanson|first3=Ana|date=September 6, 2020|title=Joe Biden's China Journey|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/politics/biden-china.html|access-date=November 13, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112163033/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/politics/biden-china.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden supports extending the [[New START]] arms control treaty with [[Russia]] to limit the number of [[nuclear weapon]]s deployed by both sides.<ref>{{cite news |authors=Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed |title=Biden urged to extend U.S.-Russia arms treaty for full 5 years without conditions |url=https://de.reuters.com/article/usa-biden-armscontrol/biden-urged-to-extend-u-s-russia-arms-treaty-for-full-5-years-without-conditions-idUSKBN2852Y0 |work=Reuters |date=November 25, 2020 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115190457/https://www.reuters.com/?edition-redirect=de |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pifer |first1=Steven |title=Reviving nuclear arms control under Biden |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/01/reviving-nuclear-arms-control-under-biden/ |work=[[Brookings Institution]] |date=December 1, 2020 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201173216/https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/01/reviving-nuclear-arms-control-under-biden/ |url-status=live }}</ref>+ − + − {{Main|List of honors and awards received by Joe Biden}} − {{See also|List of things named after Joe Biden}} − [[File:Joe Biden Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom.jpg|right|thumb |President Obama presents Biden with the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] with Distinction, January 12, 2017]] − Biden has received [[honorary degree]]s from the [[University of Scranton]] (1976),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://matrix.scranton.edu/about/ab_degree_recipients.shtml |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |publisher=[[University of Scranton]] |year=2008 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720153525/http://matrix.scranton.edu/about/ab_degree_recipients.shtml |archive-date=July 20, 2008 }}</ref> [[Saint Joseph's University]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] 1981),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sju.edu/ir/documents/HonDegreeRecip_IR2008.pdf |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |publisher=[[Saint Joseph's University]] |access-date=August 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904003527/http://www.sju.edu/ir/documents/HonDegreeRecip_IR2008.pdf |archive-date=September 4, 2008 }}</ref> [[Widener University School of Law]] (2000),<ref name="wid-veep-elect">{{cite web |url=http://law.widener.edu/NewsandEvents/Articles/2008/de110508bidenvpelect.aspx |title=Senator Biden becomes Vice President-elect |publisher=[[Widener University School of Law]] |date=November 6, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105150946/http://law.widener.edu/NewsandEvents/Articles/2008/de110508bidenvpelect.aspx |archive-date=January 5, 2009 }}</ref> [[Emerson College]] (2003),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emerson.edu/emersontoday/index.cfm?action=3&articleID=782&editionID=52 |title=Senator Biden to Address 123rd Commencement Rites On May 19 |publisher=[[Emerson College]] |date=May 2003 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060918144250/http://www.emerson.edu/emersontoday/index.cfm?action=3&articleID=782&editionID=52 |archive-date=September 18, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Delaware State University]] (2003),<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 9, 2018|title=Honorary Degrees|url=http://dsuarchives.blogspot.com/2018/05/honorary-degrees.html|access-date=July 21, 2020|website=Delaware State University Archives and Special Collections|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802153151/http://dsuarchives.blogspot.com/2018/05/honorary-degrees.html|url-status=live}}</ref> his alma mater the [[University of Delaware]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] 2004),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2004/biden052904.html |title=Honorary Degree Citation for Joseph R. Biden Jr. |publisher=[[University of Delaware]] |date=May 29, 2004 |access-date=November 6, 2008 |archive-date=January 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102215759/http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2004/biden052904.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Suffolk University Law School]] (2005),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/05/23/commencements_boston_globe/ |title=Commencements |work=Boston Globe |date=May 23, 2005 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105144404/http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/05/23/commencements_boston_globe/ |archive-date=January 5, 2009 }}</ref> his other alma mater [[Syracuse University]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] 2009),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.syr.edu/awards/honorary_1.html |title=SU Archives: Awards and Honors—Recipient of Honorary Degrees|work=Archives |publisher=[[Syracuse University]] |access-date=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730115922/http://archives.syr.edu/awards/honorary_1.html |archive-date=July 30, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Wake Forest University]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] 2009),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://commencement.news.wfu.edu/honorary-degrees/|title=Honorary Degrees|website=Commencement News Archive|publisher=[[Wake Forest University]]|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021074949/https://commencement.news.wfu.edu/honorary-degrees/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] 2013),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.upenn.edu/digitized-resources/docs-pubs|title=Documents & Publications|website=Penn University Archives and Records Center|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania]]|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102130822/https://archives.upenn.edu/digitized-resources/docs-pubs|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Miami Dade College]] (2014),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article1963844.html|title=Vice President Joe Biden hails need for immigration reform at Miami Dade College graduation|work=[[Miami Herald]]|access-date=November 12, 2020|date=May 3, 2014|first=Patrick|last=Riley|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116135052/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article1963844.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[University of South Carolina]] ([[Doctor of Public Administration|DPA]] 2014),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/announcements/2014/04_biden_to_speak_at_uofsc_commencement.php|title=Vice President Joe Biden to deliver UofSC commencement address|publisher=[[University of South Carolina]]|access-date=November 12, 2020|first=Megan|last=Sexton|date=April 9, 2014|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128233002/https://sc.edu/uofsc/announcements/2014/04_biden_to_speak_at_uofsc_commencement.php|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] 2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/us-vice-president-joe-biden-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-trinity-college/6965|title=US Vice President Joe Biden Receives Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College|publisher=[[Trinity College Dublin]]|date=June 24, 2016|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706155945/https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/us-vice-president-joe-biden-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-trinity-college/6965/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Colby College]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] 2017),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/17/joe-biden-former-vice-president-to-speak-at-colby-college-commencement/ |title=Joe Biden to speak at Colby College commencement |date=April 17, 2017 |access-date=November 12, 2020 |work=[[Portland Press Herald]] |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110075938/https://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/17/joe-biden-former-vice-president-to-speak-at-colby-college-commencement/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Morgan State University]] (DPS 2017).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://themsuspokesman.com/6943/campus-news/former-vice-president-joe-biden-is-msus-spring-2017-commencement-speaker/|title=Former Vice President Joe Biden Is MSU's Spring 2017 Commencement Speaker|date=April 14, 2017|access-date=November 12, 2020|first=Tramon|last=Lucas|publisher=Morgan State University|work=The Spokesman|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113235437/https://themsuspokesman.com/6943/campus-news/former-vice-president-joe-biden-is-msus-spring-2017-commencement-speaker/|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + − + − In 2008, Biden received ''[[Working Mother]]'' magazine's Best of Congress Award for "improving the American quality of life through family-friendly work policies".<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://biden.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=dca94360-b4ac-4bed-a41e-b7c27f42b4a1 |title=Biden Honored for Making a Difference for Working Families |publisher=[[U.S. Senate]] |date=August 12, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081125111957/http://biden.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=DCA94360-B4AC-4BED-A41E-B7C27F42B4A1 |archive-date=November 25, 2008 }}</ref> Also in 2008, he shared with fellow senator [[Richard Lugar]] the [[Government of Pakistan]]'s [[Hilal-i-Pakistan]] award "in recognition of their consistent support for Pakistan".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49R5I120081028 |title=Pakistan gives awards to Biden, Lugar for support |work=Reuters |date=October 28, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |first=Zeeshan |last=Haider |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115190456/https://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49R5I120081028 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, [[Kosovo]] gave Biden the Golden Medal of Freedom, the region's highest award, for his vocal support for its independence in the late 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hero's welcome for Biden in Kosovo |url=http://english.sina.com/world/p/2009/0521/243081.html |publisher=[[Sina Corp]] |access-date=November 12, 2020 |date=May 5, 2009 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117174427/http://english.sina.com/world/p/2009/0521/243081.html |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + + + − + − On May 15, 2016, the [[University of Notre Dame]] gave Biden the [[Laetare Medal]], considered the highest honor for American Catholics. The medal was simultaneously awarded to [[John Boehner]], [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Biden, Boehner receive high Catholic honor |url=https://newbostonpost.com/2016/05/16/biden-boehner-receive-high-catholic-honor/ |website=NewBostonPost |access-date=July 31, 2020 |date=May 16, 2016 |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927063225/https://newbostonpost.com/2016/05/16/biden-boehner-receive-high-catholic-honor/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Biden and John Boehner: Our Faith Inspires Political Compromise|url=https://time.com/4336490/joseph-biden-john-boehner-catholic-faith/|first=Christopher J.|last=Hale|date=May 16, 2016|website=Time|access-date=July 31, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809132737/https://time.com/4336490/joseph-biden-john-boehner-catholic-faith/|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − + − On January 12, 2017, Obama surprised Biden by awarding him the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] with Distinction{{mdashb}}for "faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and a lifetime of service that will endure through the generations".<ref name="bostonglobe11217">{{cite news |title=Obama awards Biden Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/01/12/obama-awards-biden-presidential-medal-freedom/5zhMW6IRJFAreoJLB0FXWN/story.html |access-date=January 12, 2017 |work=Boston Globe |date=January 12, 2017 |last1=Lederman |first1=Josh |last2=Salama |first2=Vivian}}</ref><ref name="nyt-Shear">{{Cite news|last=Shear|first=Michael D.|date=January 12, 2017|title=Obama Surprises Joe Biden With Presidential Medal of Freedom|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/joe-biden-presidential-medal-freedom.html|access-date=October 24, 2018|archive-date=October 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020082947/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/joe-biden-presidential-medal-freedom.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the only award by Obama of the Medal of Freedom with Distinction; other recipients include [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Colin Powell]] and [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Biden surprised with Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article126184169.html |access-date=January 12, 2017 |work=The Miami Herald |date=January 12, 2017 |last=Welsh |first=Teresa |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113164802/http://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article126184169.html |url-status=live }}</ref>+ + + − On February 8, 2018, the [[Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] officially opened offices in Washington, D.C.<ref>[https://global.upenn.edu/penn-biden-center Penn's New Home in Washington] University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Provost. 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021</ref>+ − On December 11, 2018, the [[University of Delaware]] renamed its School of Public Policy and Administration the [[Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration]]. The Biden Institute is housed there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/december/joseph-biden-school-public-policy-administration/|title=UD establishes Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration|first=Peter|last=Bothum|date=December 11, 2018|work=UDaily|publisher=[[University of Delaware]]|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128083747/https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/december/joseph-biden-school-public-policy-administration/|url-status=live}}</ref>+ − On December 10, 2020, Biden and Harris were jointly named [[Time Person of the Year|''Time'' Person of the Year]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Are TIME's 2020 Person of the Year|url=https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2020-joe-biden-kamala-harris/|first=Charlotte|last=Alter|date=December 2020|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=Time|language=en|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211035250/https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2020-joe-biden-kamala-harris/|url-status=live}}</ref>+ + + − + − {{Main|Electoral history of Joe Biden}}+ − {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%; text-align: center;"+ − |+ Election results+ − |- − ! Year − ! Office − ! Party − ! Votes for Biden − ! % − ! Opponent − ! Party − ! Votes − !% − |- − ! 1970 − | [[County council#United States|County councilor]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 10,573 − | 55% − | Lawrence T. Messick − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 8,192 − | 43% − |- − ! [[1972 United States Senate election in Delaware|1972]] − | rowspan=7 |[[U.S. Senate|U.S. senator]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − − − − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 112,844 − | 49% − |- − ! [[1978 United States Senate election in Delaware|1978]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 93,930 − | 58% − | James H. Baxter Jr. − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 66,479 − | 41% − |- − ! [[1984 United States Senate election in Delaware|1984]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 147,831 − | 60% − | John M. Burris − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 98,101 − | 40% − |- − ! [[1990 United States Senate election in Delaware|1990]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 112,918 − | 63% − | [[M. Jane Brady]] − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 64,554 − | 36% − |- − ! [[1996 United States Senate election in Delaware|1996]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 165,465 − | 60% − | Raymond J. Clatworthy − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 105,088 − | 38% − |- − ! [[2002 United States Senate election in Delaware|2002]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 135,253 − | 58% − | Raymond J. Clatworthy − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 94,793 − | 41% − |- − ! [[2008 United States Senate election in Delaware|2008]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 257,484 − | 65% − | [[Christine O'Donnell]] − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 140,584 − | 35% − |- − ! [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]] − | rowspan=2|[[Vice President of the United States|Vice president]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 69,498,516<br />365 electoral votes (270 needed) − | 53% − | [[Sarah Palin]] − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 59,948,323<br />173 electoral votes − | 46% − |- − ! [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 65,915,795<br />332 electoral votes (270 needed) − | 51% − | [[Paul Ryan]] − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 60,933,504<br />206 electoral votes − | 47% − |- − ! [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]] − | [[President of the United States|President]] − | {{Party shading/Democratic}}|{{Aye}} Democratic − | 81,268,924<br /> 306 electoral votes (270 needed) − | 51% − | [[Donald Trump]] − | {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican − | 74,216,154<br /> 232 electoral votes − | 47% − |} − ==Publications==+ − {{Refbegin}} − * {{Cite book|title=Hague Convention On International Child Abduction: Applicable Law And Institutional Framework Within Certain Convention Countries Report To The Senate |last1=Biden |first1=Joseph R., Jr. |date=April 1, 2000|publisher=Diane Publishing|isbn=0-7567-2250-0|first2=Jesse|last2=Helms|author2-link=Jesse Helms}} − * {{Cite book|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg75011/pdf/CHRG-107shrg75011.pdf|title=Putin Administration's Policies toward Non-Russian Regions of the Russian Federation: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=July 8, 2001|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn= 0-7567-2624-7}} − * {{Cite book|url=https://fas.org/spp/starwars/program/sfr240701.pdf|title=Administration's Missile Defense Program and the ABM Treaty: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=July 24, 2001|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn=0-7567-1959-3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135604/https://fas.org/spp/starwars/program/sfr240701.pdf|archive-date=March 5, 2016}} − * {{Cite book|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg75040/pdf/CHRG-107shrg75040.pdf|title=Threat of Bioterrorism and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=September 5, 2001|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn= 0-7567-2625-5}} − * {{Cite book|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg78178/pdf/CHRG-107shrg78178.pdf|title=Examining The Theft Of American Intellectual Property At Home And Abroad: Hearing before the Committee On Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=February 12, 2002|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn= 0-7567-4177-7}} − * {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q10PD-tFBfsC|title=Halting the Spread of HIV/AIDS: Future Efforts in the U.S. Bilateral & Multilateral Response: Hearings before the Comm. on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |publisher=Diane Publishing|date=February 14, 2002|isbn=0-7567-3454-1}} − * {{Cite book|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg77983/pdf/CHRG-107shrg77983.pdf|title=How Do We Promote Democratization, Poverty Alleviation, and Human Rights to Build a More Secure Future: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=February 27, 2002|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn=0-7567-2478-3}} − * {{Cite book|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg81697/pdf/CHRG-107shrg81697.pdf|title=Hearings to Examine Threats, Responses, and Regional Considerations Surrounding Iraq: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=August 1, 2002|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|isbn=0-7567-2823-1}} − * {{Cite book|title=International Campaign Against Terrorism: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=January 1, 2003|publisher=Diane Publishing|isbn=0-7567-3041-4}} − * {{Cite book|title=Political Future of Afghanistan: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=January 1, 2003|publisher=Diane Publishing|isbn=0-7567-3039-2}} − * {{Cite book|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-107SPRT75249/html/CPRT-107SPRT75249.htm|title=Strategies for Homeland Defense: A Compilation by the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate |last=Biden |first=Joseph R., Jr. |date=September 1, 2003|publisher=Diane Publishing|isbn=0-7567-2623-9}} − * {{Cite book|url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3578859|title=Homeland Security Law and Policy|editor-last=Nicholson|editor-first=William C.|publisher=C. C Thomas|year=2005|isbn=0-398-07583-2|chapter=Foreword |first=Joseph|last=Biden}} − * {{Cite book|title=[[Promises to Keep (Biden book)|Promises to Keep]]|last=Biden|first=Joe|publisher=[[Random House]]|date=July 31, 2007|isbn=978-1-4000-6536-3}} Also paperback edition, Random House 2008, {{ISBN|0-8129-7621-5}}. − * {{Cite book|title=[[Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose]] |last=Biden |first=Joe |publisher=Flatiron Books |date=November 14, 2017 |isbn=978-1-250-17167-2}} − {{Refend}} − ==Notes==+ − {{Reflist|group=n}}+ − {{notelist}} − + − + + + − ===Works cited===+ − {{refbegin|30em|indent=yes}} − * {{Cite book|title=The Almanac of American Politics|last1=Barone|first1=Michael|author-link=Michael Barone (pundit)|first2=Richard E.|last2=Cohen|author-link2=Richard E. Cohen|year=2008|work=National Journal|location=Washington|isbn=9780892341160|url=https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00mich_0/|url-access=registration}} − * {{cite book|last=Bronner|first=Ethan|author-link=Ethan Bronner|title=Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=1989|isbn=0393026906 |url=https://archive.org/details/battleforjustice00bron_0}} − * {{cite book|last=Gadsen|first=Brett|title=Between North and South: Delaware, Desegregation, and the Myth of American Sectionalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFQE3bLDsS4C|date=October 8, 2012|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=9780812207972}} − * {{cite book|last1=Levingston|first1=Steven|last2=Dyson|first2=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqyHDwAAQBAJ|title=Barack and Joe: The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership|isbn=9780316487887|date=2019|publisher=Hachette}} − * {{cite book|last1=Mayer|first1=Jane|author-link=Jane Mayer|last2=Abramson|first2=Jill|author-link2=Jill Abramson|title=Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|year=1994|isbn=0395633184|url=https://archive.org/details/strangejusticese00maye}} − * {{Cite book|editor-first=Charles|editor-last=Moritz|title=Current Biography Yearbook 1987|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|location=New York|year=1987<!--book has no ISBN-->|title-link=Current Biography}} − * {{Cite book|first=Richard|last=Wolffe|author-link=Richard Wolffe|title=Renegade: The Making of a President|publisher=Crown Publishers|location=New York|year=2009|isbn=9780307463128|url=https://archive.org/details/renegademakingof00wolf}} − * {{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMxWRDTR_sMC|title=See How They Run: Electing the President in an Age of Mediaocracy|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|year=1990|isbn=0-394-57059-6|ref=Taylor}} − * {{Cite book |last=Witcover|first=Jules|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061791987|title=Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption|publisher=William Morrow|year=2010|isbn=9780061791987|location=New York City|author-link=Jules Witcover|ref=Witcover}} − {{refend}} − ==External links==+ − − {{Library resources box|about=yes|by=no}} − + − * [https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-biden/ President Joe Biden] official website+ − * [https://bideninaugural.org Biden inauguration website]+ − * [https://joebiden.com/ Presidential campaign website] − * [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/vp White House biography] (archived) − {{CongLinks |congbio=b000444 |fec=P80000722 |congress=joseph-biden/B000444 }} − + − + − * {{curlie|Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Executive_Branch/President/Vice_President_Joe_Biden}}+ − * [https://www.ontheissues.org/joe_biden.htm Joe Biden] at [[On the Issues]]+ − − − {{CongLinks|votesmart= 53279}} − {{Joe Biden|state=expanded}}+ − {{Navboxes+ − |title=Offices and distinctions − |list1= − {{s-start}} − {{s-ppo}} − {{s-bef|before=[[James M. 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| image =[[File:Biden3.png|200px]]
| name =Joseph “Joe” Biden
| birth =Nov. 20, 1942 (age 78)<br>[[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]
| parents =[[Catherine Jean Biden]]<br>[[Joseph Biden Sr.]]
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| religion =Roman Catholic ([[Catholic in name only|In Name Only]])
| caption = Official portrait, 2013
| education =[[University of Delaware]]<br>Syracuse University
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| spouse =Neilia Hunter (died 1972)<br>Jill Biden (m. 1977)
| children =Beau • [[Hunter Biden|Hunter]]<br>Naomi • Ashley
| office = President of the United States
| death =
| vicepresident = [[Kamala Harris]]
| deathmanner =
| term_start = January 20, 2021
| burial =
| predecessor = [[Donald Trump]]
| country =United States
| order2 = 47th
| military =4-F
| office2 = Vice President of the United States
| rank =[[Junta leader]]
| president2 = [[Barack Obama]]
| polbeliefs =[[Socialism]]<br/>[[Communism]]<br/>[[Marxism]]<br/>[[Fascism]]<br/>[[White Supremacy]]
| term_start2 = January 20, 2009
| party =[[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]]
| term_end2 = January 20, 2017
| dictatordate =Nov. 4, 2020
| predecessor2 = [[Dick Cheney]]
| war =[[U.S. Color Revolution]]
| successor2 = [[Mike Pence]]
| deathnumber =100,000+ <ref>{{cite web |title=BIDEN COVID DEATH TRACKER |url=https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/biden-covid-death-tracker/ |website=Washington Free Beacon |date=20 January 2021}} https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/09/30/us-sees-710-additional-homicides-and-2800-more-shootings-attributed-to-minneapolis-effect-978986<br>*[[Lee Keltner]] was murdered by an Antifa terrorist working for [[NBC News]]; https://bigleaguepolitics.com/revealed-charged-denver-shooter-matthew-dolloffs-left-wing-facebook-posts/<br> including two children and three police. https://www.foxnews.com/us/deadly-unrest-people-have-died-amid-george-floyd-protests-across-us<br>https://www.odmp.org/officer/24695-sergeant-damon-gutzwiller<br> At least 6 Black bystanders https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2020/07/05/say-their-names-20-people-killed-in-the-george-floyd-riots-n592577<br> including a one year old baby in a stroller https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/14/family-of-1-year-old-who-was-shot-and-killed-do-baby-lives-matter/ A staffer for Lacy Johnson GOP opponent of [[Ilhan Omar]] was shot and killed.<br>Multiple references:<br>
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/republican-campaign-aide-murdered-minneapolis-staffer-lacy-johnson-running-ilhan-omar-shot-dead-drive-shooting/ Republican Campaign Aide Murdered in Minneapolis — Staffer for Lacy Johnson Who Is Running Against Ilhan Omar Shot Dead in Drive-By Shooting]
| state3 = [[Delaware]]
*[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8743623/Campaign-staffer-17-Ilhan-Omars-Republican-opponent-shot-killed-Minneapolis.html Campaign staffer, 17, for Ilhan Omar's Republican congressional opponent is shot and killed in Minneapolis]
| term_start3 = January 3, 1973
*[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/teenage-campaign-staffer-for-ilhan-omars-opponent-killed-in-minneapolis-shooting Teenage campaign staffer for Ilhan Omar's opponent killed in Minneapolis shooting]
| term_end3 = January 15, 2009
*[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/09/17/ilhan-omars-gop-challenger-shocked-after-campaign-aides-shot-in-random-drive-by-teen-staffer-dies-973381 Ilhan Omar’s GOP challenger shocked after campaign aides shot in random drive-by, teen staffer dies]
*[https://www.rt.com/usa/500970-ilhan-omar-lacy-johnson-shooting-staffer/ Suspect arrested in murder of 17-year-old staffer of GOP challenger to Ilhan Omar]<br> Numerous African Americans were targeted by the racist left. https://100percentfedup.com/prominent-black-trump-supporter-shot-to-death-in-milwaukee-hours-after-pro-trump-interview/<br> More than 700 police injured. https://nypost.com/2020/06/08/more-than-700-officers-injured-in-george-floyd-protests-across-us/<br>https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/capitol-mob-deaths/index.html</ref>
| successor3 = [[Ted Kaufman]]
| birth_name = Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|11|20}}
* {{marriage|[[Neilia Hunter Biden|Neilia Hunter]]|August 27, 1966|December 18, 1972|reason=died}}
* {{marriage|[[Jill Biden|Jill Jacobs]]|June 17, 1977}}
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'''Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden, Jr.''' (born<ref>his birth name was Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.</ref> November 20, 1942, see: [[Biden's age]]), is the current occupant of the [[White House]]. His right hand henchman, [[chief-of-staff]] [[Ron Klain]], has tweeted that 68% of Americans are correct in their belief that American elections are rigged.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/12/bidens-pick-for-chief-of-staff-agrees-that-elections-are-rigged/</ref> Four weeks into the junta members sought to relieve Biden of sole responsibility to launch a nuclear strike<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/dems-urge-biden-to-relinquish-nuke-power/</ref> due to his diminished mental capacity.<ref>https://nationalfile.com/video-australian-journalist-says-biden-is-cognitively-compromised-obviously-struggling-with-dementia/</ref> Since assuming White House duties, Biden has become increasingly incoherent.<ref>https://rumble.com/ve7cjz-ignored-by-media-joe-biden-is-completely-lost-in-texas-even-with-handler-ne.html</ref>
The Dear Leader signed 42 [[executive order]] [[diktat]]s in his first week after seizing power.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/bidens-executive-actions-dictator/</ref>
Biden was the [[Vice President of the United States]] and served as [[Barack Obama]]'s token [[segregation]]ist. He is famously known as the Architect of Mass Incarceration,<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cory-booker-calls-joe-biden-an-architect-of-mass-incarceration</ref> the original author of the [[Patriot Act]] intrusions into the private lives of American citizens,<ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/surveillance-joe</ref> and founder in his own words of "the most extensive [[voter fraud]] organization in history."<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/10/24/biden_we_have_put_together_the_most_extensive_and_inclusive_voter_fraud_organization_in_the_history_of_american_politics.html</ref> As [[junta leader]], he expanded the powers of the [[police state]],<ref>https://www.leftvoice.org/patriot-act-2-0-bidens-domestic-terrorism-laws-are-a-danger-to-the-working-class</ref> imposed radical [[environmentalism]] and restricted access to affordable energy, proposed [[court packing]] to control the [[U.S. Supreme Court|Supreme Court]], add [[D.C.]] and [[Puerto Rico]] as new states, raise taxes and spending,<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2020/09/18/fact-check-yes-biden-will-raise-taxes-across-the-board-n2576377 Fact Checking the 'Fact Checkers:' Yes, PolitiFact, Biden Will Raise Taxes Across the Board]</ref> and reducing the power of the [[free market]] while increasing the dependence of people on the federal government.
As the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]] nominee in the [[2020 presidential election]] he was endorsed by [[Neo-Nazi]] [[white supremacist]] [[Richard Spencer]], organizer of the June 2017 Charlottesville protests in which one person was killed.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/24/white-supremacist-who-organized-charlottesville-race-riots-endorses-joe-biden/</ref> Biden publicly proclaimed that defenders of the [[Confederate]] flag were "many fine people"<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-praises-group-who-display-the-confederate-flag-as-fine-people-in-resurfaced-video</ref> and referred to the communist [[genocide]] of the [[Uyghur]] people as a cultural norm.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/joe-biden-excuses-uyghur-genocide-just-chinese-cultural-norm-spreading-ccp-propaganda/</ref>
Biden has been implicated in [[pay-to-play]] [[corruption]] in the [[Biden-Burisma]] scandal<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/hunter-biden-emails-show-leveraging-connections-with-dad-to-boost-burisma-pay/</ref> and owns a 10% share of a multi-billion dollar partnership with the brutal Chinese Communist regime and [[Chinese military]].<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/a-collusion-tale-the-bidens-and-china/</ref><ref>https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/biden-son-brother-pitched-us-infrastructure-deals-chinese</ref> Biden was endorsed by the official organ of the [[Chinese Communist Party|Communist party of China]]<ref>https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1198289.shtml</ref> and serves as a pawn to promote Chinese Communist anti-democratic global ambitions.<ref>Gertz, Bill (November 11, 2020). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/11/joe-biden-backs-china-appeasement/ Biden favors China appeasement]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2020.</ref> As of 2020 his family came under FBI investigation for [[collusion]] with [[Chinese Communist]]s.
An open letter published by The Democracy Institute entitled ''Reasons Why The 2020 Presidential Election Is Deeply Puzzling'' begins by noting the fact:
{{quotebox-float|“Something very strange happened in America’s [[democracy]] in the early hours of Wednesday November 4 [2020] and the days that followed...Trump earned the highest share of all minority votes for a Republican since 1960…Trump grew his support among black voters by 50 percent over 2016…Nationally, Joe Biden’s black support fell well below 90 percent, the level below which Democratic presidential candidates usually lose...We are told that Biden won more votes nationally than any presidential candidate in history...But he won a record low of 17 percent of counties; he only won 524 counties, as opposed to the 873 counties Obama won in 2008...Yet, Biden somehow outdid Obama in total votes...Victorious presidential candidates, especially challengers, usually have down-ballot coattails; Biden did not...The Republicans held the Senate and enjoyed a ‘red wave’ in the House, where they gained a large number of seats while winning all 27 toss-up contests...Trump’s party did not lose a single state legislature and actually made gains at the state level”.<ref>https://spectator.us/reasons-why-the-2020-presidential-election-is-deeply-puzzling/</ref>}}
[[File:Klain rigged elections.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Biden [[chief of staff]] [[Ron Klain]] publicly agrees that elections are rigged.]]
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==Election fraud==
:{{See also|Democrat election fraud}}
Ten days before the election Biden openly boasted of having "the most extensive and inclusive [[voter fraud]] organization in history.”<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/10/24/joe-biden-brags-about-having-most-extensive-voter-fraud-organization-in-history/</ref> On a conference call over the Summer, a [[Dominion Voting Systems]] executive in charge of Strategy and Security is reported to have said, "Don’t worry Trump won’t win the election, we fixed that."<ref>https://youtu.be/dh1X4s9HuLo</ref>
[[File:Electoral Map 11-10-20.png|right|200px|thumb|Electoral Map as of November 10, 2020. Biden 227, Trump 231, 80 uncounted.<ref>https://www.forexlive.com/news/!/decision-desk-trump-won-the-state-of-north-carolina-20201110</ref>]]
At 2:30 AM EDT of the 4th of November 2020, TV broadcasts reported that Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada and Georgia decided to cease vote counting operations and would continue the following day. This unanimous decision to initially and intentionally stop counting by all five battleground states was unprecedented, and it demonstrates prior coordination by election officials in battleground states. This allowed for more time to manufacture fraudulent ballots.
An independent forensic audit of Dominion Voting Systems machines used in [[Michigan]] concluded:
{{quotebox-float|“The Dominion Voting System is intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results. ...The intentional errors lead to bulk adjudication of ballots with no oversight, transparency, and no audit trail. This leads to voter or election fraud. Based on our study we conclude that the Dominion Voting System should not be used in Michigan....The allowable election error rate established by the [[Federal Election Commission]] guidelines is of 1 in 250,000 ballots (.0008%). We observed an error rate of 68.05%. This demonstrated a significant and fatal error in security and election integrity."<ref>https://www.depernolaw.com/uploads/2/7/0/2/27029178/antrim_michigan_forensics_report_[121320]_v2_[redacted].pdf</ref>}}
The chairman of the [[Federal Election Commission]], Trey Trainor, said there was voter fraud in key states. “The massive amounts of affidavits that we see in these cases show that there was in fact [[fraud]] that took place.”<ref>https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/federal-election-commission-chairman-trump-campaign-bringing-legitimate</ref>
===Vote switching===
:{{See also|Georgia election fraud}}
[[NBC News]] reported in December 2019,
{{quotebox|"Chinese manufacturers can be forced to cooperate with requests from Chinese intelligence officials to share any information about the technology and therefore pose a risk for U.S. companies, NBC News analyst Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director of the FBI for counterintelligence, said. That could include intellectual property, such as source code, materials or blueprints. There is also the concern of machines shipped with undetected vulnerabilities or backdoors that could allow tampering."<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/chinese-parts-hidden-ownership-growing-scrutiny-inside-america-s-biggest-n1104516</ref>}}
[[File:Coomer2.png|right|250px|thumb|Dominion Voting Systems Vice President of Engineering Eric Coomer is a member of the [[Antifa]] terrorist organization.<ref>https://thespectator.info/2020/11/16/dominions-eric-coomer-is-an-unhinged-sociopath-his-internet-profile-is-being-deleted-and-erased-audio/</ref>]]
In January 2020 [[Dominion Election Systems]] [[CEO]] John Poulos testified before Congress that Dominion machines are composed of parts manufactured in China from "screen on the interface down to the chip component level." Under questioning from Democrat Congresswoman [[Zoe Lofgren]], Poulos claimed, "there’s no option for manufacturing of those in the United States."<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/news/dominion-uses-chinese-parts/</ref> The Chinese Communist Party endorsed Biden for president in the 2020 presidential election.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-china-biden-russia-trump-election-2020-8</ref>
In 2016 Dominion Voting Systems Vice President of Engineering [[Eric Coomer]] was asked if it was possible to bypass election systems software and go directly to the data tables that manage systems running elections in [[Illinois]]. His response was, “Yes, if they have access.”<ref>https://www.thepostemail.com/2016/09/01/critical-flaws-in-election-security-confirmed-by-dominion-voting-executive/</ref> Bypassing the election systems software means whoever has access can potentially manipulate the vote without many risks of detection. Coomer was asked who would have access to these data tables? Coomer replied, "Vendors, election officials, and others who need to be granted access."<ref>http://www.defendthevote.com/114-election-security/508-massive-flaws-election-security-confirmed-by-dominion-voting</ref> And in 2017 Coomer explained how to alter votes in the Dominion Voting Systems in a [[Chicago]] demonstration.<ref>https://rumble.com/vbd3s5-2017-dr.-eric-coomer-explains-how-to-alter-votes-in-the-dominion-voting-sys.html</ref>
In September and October 2020, Coomer personally was in [[Georgia]] to make a “critical software change” to all Georgia's 30,000 Dominion voting machines “without adequate testing or certification from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission”.<ref>http://archive.is/3Bcv5</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/dominions-trump-hating-executive-eric-coomer-performed-suspicious-update-georgia-week-early-voting-started/</ref>
On a conference call with other members of [[Antifa]], Coomer is reported to have said:
{{quotebox-float|“Don’t worry about the election, Trump’s not gonna win. I made f**king sure of that!”<ref>https://en-volve.com/2020/11/16/anti-trump-engineer-of-dominion-voting-systems-said-i-made-sure-trumps-not-gonna-win-in-secret-call-with-antifa-claims-man-who-infiltrated-group/</ref>}}
===Ignoring mail-in ballot safeguards===
:{{See also|Pennsylvania election fraud}}
[[File:PA mail-in fraud.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Pennsylvania mailed out 1.8 Million mail-in ballots, buy got back 2.5 million.<ref>https://youtu.be/2AYSs77k2tY</ref>]]
[[Pennsylvania]] Secretary of Commonwealth [[Kathy Boockvar]] and the county officials repeatedly ignored essential safeguards for absentee and mail-in voting which require “procedural safeguards to deter fraud and ensure transparency” due to “inherent risk.” In December 2019, Pennsylvania’s auditor general, Eugene DePasquale, determined that there are more than 50,000 cases of potentially inaccurate voter records in the state’s system.
On October 31, 2019, Pennsylvania’s legislature passed Act 77, which allowed all Pennsylvania voters the option of voting by mail without providing a reason or excuse. Yet mail-in voting still requires a ballot application and the election code still bars ballot harvesting except in the case of disabled voters. Pennsylvania law still requires ballots that have been filled out incompletely or incorrectly to be declared void and it does not permit election boards to give voters who cast improper ballots a “notice and opportunity to cure” those ballots.
Importantly, Act 77 prohibits a voter from casting both a mail-in ballot and an in-person ballot, unless the voter returns an unvoted mail-in ballot and declares that he or she has not voted by mail. The lawsuit alleged,
{{quotebox-float|“Defendants failed to take adequate measures to ensure that the provisions of the Election Code enacted to protect the validity of absentee or mail-in ballots, including without limitation Act 77, were followed.”}}
115% of Pennsylvania registered Democrats voted for Biden. Biden supposedly received 1.24 to 1.43 times greater than either [[Hillary Clinton]] or [[Barack Obama]] in predominant Republican counties.<ref>https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1325193658170134531</ref>
===Biden Putsch===
:{{See also|Biden Putsch}}
Marxist [[subversive]]s John Nagl and Paul Yingling, two veterans of U.S. military service, penned an open letter to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. [[Mark Milley]] chalk full of Democrat [[fake news]] talking points in support of the Marxist insurrection and advocating oath breaking.<ref>https://www.captainsjournal.com/2020/08/12/john-nagl-and-paul-yingling-advocate-oath-breaking/</ref> Nagl and Yingling wrote:
[[File:Death-camps-trump-supporters.jpg|left|350px|thumb|[[Pulitzer Prize]] winning [[leftist]] columnist Jerry Saltz, declared: “Republicanism is no longer a political problem; Republicanism is a social problem…It must be treated in the same way [[coronavirus]] is treated: it has to be isolated and snuffed-out by repressing it in about 70% of the general population."<ref>https://www.rt.com/usa/507445-republicans-coronavirus-colomnist-repressed/</ref> <ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/08/gop-rep-lee-zeldin-staffers-homes-and-cars-targeted-with-death-camps-for-trump-supporters-fliers/</ref>]]
{{quotebox-float|"America’s political and legal institutions have so atrophied that they are ill-prepared for this moment. Senate Republicans, already reduced to supplicant status, will remain silent and inert, as much to obscure their complicity as to retain their majority. The Democrat-led House of Representatives will certify the [[Electoral College]] results, which Mr. Trump will dismiss as fake news. The courts, flooded with cases from both Democrats and Mr. Trump’s legal team, will take months working through the docket, producing reasoned rulings that Trump will alternately appeal and ignore...<br>At this moment of Constitutional crisis, only two options remain. Under the first, U.S. military forces escort the former president from the White House grounds. Trump’s little green men, so intimidating to lightly armed federal law enforcement agents, step aside and fade away, realizing they would not constitute a good morning’s work for a brigade of the 82nd Airborne. Under the second, the U.S. military remains inert while the Constitution dies. The succession of government is determined by extralegal violence between Trump’s private army and street protesters; Black Lives Matter Plaza becomes Tahrir Square."<ref>https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/08/all-enemies-foreign-and-domestic-open-letter-gen-milley/167625/</ref>}}
Gen. Milley rebuked the coup plotters saying,
{{quotebox-float|"In the event of a dispute over some aspects of the election, by law U.S. courts and the U.S. Congress are required to resolve any disputes, not the U.S. Military....I foresee no role for the U.S. Armed Forces in this process. ...I will not follow an unlawful order."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joint-chiefs-head-says-military-wont-have-role-resolving-2020-election</ref>}}
On June 10, 2020 on the ''[[The Daily Show with Trevor Noah]]'' Democratic presidential nominee [[Joseph R. Biden]] implied that if [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]] officials nationwide [[Voter fraud|stuffed the ballot box]] to defeat incumbent [[President Donald Trump]],<ref>https://conservativedailypost.com/how-dems-plan-to-use-ballot-harvesting-to-steal-2020-election/</ref> Biden was already in [[collusion]] with disgruntled retired [[military]] officials to stage an illegal [[coup]] to remove President Trump from office before a contested election could be resolved.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/06/11/biden-says-military-would-intervene-if-trump-refused-to-leave-wh/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/dK3v8iUDTHc</ref><ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-victor-davis-hanson-podcast/episode-21-winding-the-coup-coup-clock/</ref> Biden said,
{{quotebox-float|“I promise you, I am absolutely convinced they will escort [Trump] from the [[White House]] with great dispatch.”}}
===Electoral College certification===
[[File:Antifa flyer.PNG|right|350px|thumb|]]
On an evening just prior to the Electoral College certification of the 2020 stolen presidential election, [[Antifa]] thugs terrorized the home of [[Sen. Josh Hawley]], where Sen. Hawley's wife and newborn infant were home alone.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/josh-hawley-slams-antifa-scumbags-who-attacked-his-home-with-wife-and-newborn-inside/</ref> Sen. Hawley had pledged to contest the results of the stolen election.
During the January 6, 2021 Joint Session of Congress to certify the Electoral College ballots, while tens of thousands peaceful protesters rallied in support of President Trump outside the capitol, chartered vans of Antifa were escorted by state police in black, unmarked SUVs into the midst of the crowd.<ref>https://twitter.com/RockNPolitics/status/1346897013607174148</ref><ref>https://archive.is/IiHln</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/L0xyqVMUh_E</ref> [[Capitol Police]] then removed barriers and waved the crowd in to the Capitol steps.<ref>https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-01-07/capitol-police-chief-to-resign-next-week-reports</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/cevansavenger/status/1346920924310867968</ref> Antifa rioters proceeded to break windows on the [[U.S. Capitol]] building and storm the premises.<ref>https://twitter.com/emmbeliever/status/1347032914182217728</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/TheRightMelissa/status/1347040212602466304</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1346908554804953088</ref> Facial recognition [[technology]] identified Antifa members,<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/6/xrvision-firm-claims-antifa-infiltrated-protesters/</ref> who had used disguises to infiltrate a pro-Trump protest group, as storming the building.<ref>https://gellerreport.com/2021/01/photos-reports-show-antifa-infiltrators-stormed-the-capitol-building.html/</ref> Twitter, in a flimsy attempt to cover for the Antifa punks, falsely claimed that a side-by-side photo comparison of one of the infiltrators (showing him at the Capitol in one photo, and at a BLM rally in June 2019 in the other photo, both of which show him with the same visually distinct tattoos) was "manipulated media" but gave no reason for their false claim.<ref>[https://twitter.com/KelemenCari/status/1346929418455842816 Cari Kelemen: "AZ BLM rally in June, DC Capital in January] at Twitter</ref>
The proceedings inside the House and Senate chambers were halted, and [[Ashli Babbitt]], a Trump supporter who followed the crowd into the Capitol building without realizing who they really were, was summarily executed by Capitol Police.<ref>https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1347076676342185984</ref>
Following the violence, several Senators withdrew their support of objections to fraudulent electors. One protester posted in [[social media]] a statement that he had been paid to disrupt the Trump rally and Congressional proceedings.<ref>https://twitter.com/ariellanewland/status/1347133853169803265</ref>
At the close of the day's events and Joint Session, the Senate Chaplain offered a prayer asking God to "bless and keep us".<ref>https://youtu.be/wYfizn8T9Qk?t=23031</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/Yg_wtp6XhPA</ref>
==Compromised by the CCP==
[[File:Biden-Xi toast.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Biden toasts CCP boss [[Xi Jinping]]. According to the ''Black Book of Communism'', the leftist regime of Beijing has murdered more than 60 million of its own people over its 70 years of existence.]]
The Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania received $70 million form the [[Communist Chinese]] government. The Biden Center did not disclose the money came from China, as required by law.<ref>https://nlpc.org/2020/05/21/complaint-filed-against-university-of-pennsylvania-and-biden-center-for-undisclosed-china-mega-donations/</ref> Biden personally received $900,000 from the Biden Center, money which may have originated with Chinese communists.<ref>https://www.dickmorris.com/penn-univ-paid-biden-900000-wont-say-how-much-was-from-china-lunch-alert/#commentblock</ref>
Biden's son [[Hunter Biden]] is partnered with the [[People's Republic of China|Chinese state]]. Joe Biden holds a 10% interest. Hunter's entire investment partnership uses Chinese state money from its social security fund to the China Development Bank. The partnership, [[Bohai Harvest|Bohai Harvest RST]], is actually a subsidiary of the Bank of China.
Though the entire size of the fund cannot be reconstructed, a co-founder who is now detained in China, reports that Bohai Harvest RST is not the $1-1.5 billion reported, but rather $6.5 billion. Hunter's stake, as of 2020, is worth at least $50 million if he were to sell it.
All players on the Chinese side of the partnership are linked with influence and intelligence organizations. China uses very innocuous sounding organization names to mask [[PLA]], United Front, or the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs influence/intelligence operations. Hunter was the target of an operation to compromise him and his father.
The operational mastermind behind the efforts to compromise the Biden family is a man named [[Yang Jiechi]]. He is currently the CCP Director of Foreign Affairs leading strategist on [[America]], a [[Politburo]] member, one of the most powerful men in China, and [[Xi Jinping]] confidant. As Chinese ambassador to the United States when Biden chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he met regularly with Senator Biden. Later he was Minister of Foreign Affairs when the Bohai Harvest RST investment partnership was made official in 2013.
[[File:Hunter Biden Bohai.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Hunter Biden, right, flew to China in 2013 aboard Air Force Two, with his father, Joe Biden, left, December 4, 2013. 10 days late Hunter Biden a partnership with the Chinese military and Bank of China worth $1.5 Billion.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-s-trip-china-son-hunter-2013-comes-under-new-n1061051</ref>]]
Yang Jiechi is the point person in China for dealing with the United States. This raises major [[national Security]] concerns about a [[Biden administration]] dealing impartially with an individual in this capacity. These are documented facts from Chinese corporate records such as IPO prospectuses and media, and raise very valid concerns about Biden linkages to China.<ref>https://www.baldingsworld.com/2020/10/22/report-on-biden-activities-with-china/</ref>
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In a recorded call made sometime after [[Ye Jianming]], Hunter's business partner, went missing in February 2018, Hunter is heard speaking in an agitated tone,
{{quotebox-float|"I get calls from my father to tell me that ''[[The New York Times]]'' is calling, but my old partner, Eric, who literally has done me harm for I don’t know how long, is the one taking the calls because my father will not stop sending the calls to Eric. I have another ''New York Times'' reporter calling about my representation of Patrick Ho – the f****** spy chief of China who started the company that my partner, who is worth $323 billion, founded and is now missing. The richest man in the world is missing who was my partner. He was missing since I last saw him in his $58 million apartment inside a $4 billion deal to build the f****** largest f***** LNG port in the world. And I am receiving calls from the Southern District of New York from the U.S. attorney himself. My best friend in business, Devon, has named me as a witness, without telling me, in a [[criminal]] case — and my father, without telling me."<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1321184369562759172</ref>}}
==Early life (1942–1965)==
====CCP collusion====
On November 28, 2020 a top Chinese economics professor told students in Beijing how the [[People's Republic of China]] was able to easily settle disputes with prior American administrations because they have people at the top of America, specifically on [[Wall Street]]. But when President Trump was elected, all that Chinese influence went away. "Wall Street can't fix Trump," the professor said.<ref>https://youtu.be/yB07iLF2ZWw</ref> Di Dongsheng, a vice-dean at the School of International Relations at Renmin University, made public statements before a large audience:
[[File:Joe Biden age 10 (retouched).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Biden at age 10 (1953)]]
{{Quotebox-float|"We know that the [[Trump administration]] is in a trade war with us, so why can’t we fix the Trump administration? Why did China and the US used to be able to settle all kinds of issues between 1992 and 2016?" he asked. "I’m going to throw out something maybe a little bit explosive here. It’s just because we have people at the top. We have our old friends who are at the top of America’s core inner circle of power and influence."
"During the US-China trade war, [[Wall Street]] tried to help, and I know that my friends on the US side told me that they tried to help, but they couldn’t do much. But now we’re seeing Biden was elected, the traditional elite, the political elite, the establishment, they’re very close to Wall Street, so you see that, right?"
"Trump has been saying that Biden’s son has some sort of global foundation. Have you noticed that? Who helped [Hunter] build the foundations? Got it? There are a lot of deals inside all these."<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/12/08/top_chinese_intellectual_boasts_about_old_friends_who_are_at_the_top_of_americas_core_inner_circle_of_power_and_influence.html#!</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/lyQUtPEBBSA</ref><ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-tucker-carlson-exposes-how-media-democrats-have-been-working-on-behalf-of-china/</ref><ref>https://therightscoop.com/watch-tucker-exposes-scrubbed-video-of-chinese-professor-saying-they-have-people-at-top-of-america/</ref>}}
==Racism==
[[File:Biden redskins.jpeg|right|275px|thumb|[[CNN]] airbrushed out the [[Washington Redskins]] logo from this 1970s photo of Joe Biden and son. The Washington NFL team dropped the name 'Redskins' in June 2020 because it was deemed "racist".<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/9/joe-bidens-son-has-redskins-logo-on-cap-wiped-from/</ref>]]
In addition to Biden's longstanding alliance with fellow Democrat segregationists in the U.S. Senate, Biden is known for a history of making racially insensitive remarks. Reportedly, Biden’s political approach to race has long been geared toward assuaging the racial anxieties of white voters. Biden exposed his racial insensitivity towards the 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate and running mate, Barack Obama, when he declared, "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." He later claimed, "Barack Hussein Obama is change enough for most people."<ref>Ryan Grim | ''The Intercept_'', Joe Biden’s Stunningly Racist Answer on the Legacy of Slavery Has Been Overlooked, https://theintercept.com/2019/09/13/joe-biden-democratic-debate-slavery/, September 13, 2019</ref> Biden called [[Confederacy|Confederate flag]] advocates "very fine people"<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-praises-group-who-display-the-confederate-flag-as-fine-people-in-resurfaced-video</ref> and a disproportionate share of the U.S. military which are minorities as "stupid bastards"<ref>https://youtu.be/lfmy0FQRoNc</ref>
A racist, Biden has boasted of cooperating in his early Senate career with [[James Eastland]], an inflammatory racist who called blacks "inferior" and defended [[segregation]].<ref>Fredericks, Bob (June 21, 2019). [https://nypost.com/2019/06/21/joe-bidens-years-old-letters-to-racist-senator-revealed/ Joe Biden’s years-old letters to racist senator revealed]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 17, 2021</ref>
[[File:Joe Biden in 1965 Edition of Blue Hen Yearbook.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Biden in the [[University of Delaware]]'s 1965 yearbook]]
Even after assuming office, Biden has been criticized by leftists and Democrats for racist and white supremacist views.<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/liberal-outrage-biden-student-debt</ref> Among one of Biden's first official racist acts was firing the nation's African American [[Surgeon General]].<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/20/white-guy-fires-black-man-on-first-day-in-office-biden-sacks-surgeon-general-adams-1019007/</ref> He also issued racist and xenophobic travel ban orders against people from [[South Africa]].<ref>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/01/24/315890-n315890</ref> At a [[Milwaukee]] townhall meeting in February 2021 Biden claimed Blacks and Hispanics were too stupid to understand how to use the [[internet]].<ref>https://therightscoop.com/woops-biden-claims-that-blacks-and-hispanics-dont-know-how-to-use-the-internet/</ref>
===You ain't Black===
:{{See also|Democrat plantation}}
Democrat presidential nominee former [[Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] made a particularly offensive and egregious [[racist]] comment toward [[African American]]s during a radio interview.<ref>https://youtu.be/GaTv5FQHqVw</ref> Biden's comments were an effort at [[voter intimidation]]. [[Black Entertainment Television]] (BET) co-founder Bob Johnson called him out saying in part,
{{quotebox-float|"This proves unequivocally that the Democratic nominee believes that black people owe him their vote without question; even though we as black people know it is exactly the opposite. He should spend the rest of his campaign apologizing to every black person he meets."<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/05/25/joe-biden-you-aint-black-racism-trump-column/5254434002/</ref>}}
[[File:You ain't Black.jpeg|right|275px|thumb|Biden was roundly criticized by Black leaders for his racist comments.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/499214-african-american-figures-slam-biden-on-you-aint-black-comments</ref>]]
Biden won the Democrat presidential nomination when South Carolina Rep. [[James Clyburn]] endorsed him, and the dominos of the Democrat machine fell into place. In short choreographed order, the remaining white candidates, Amy Klobuchar, [[Pete Buttigieg]], Tom Steyer, [[Michael Bloomberg]] and a host of local officials began goosestepping in lockstep. Kamala Harris,<ref>https://archive.vn/2Smfh</ref> [[Cory Booker]], [[Julian Castro]], and [[Tulsi Gabbard]] had been driven out earlier in a rigged process that allowed rich white billionaires - Steyer and Bloomberg - to buy their way in once all the minority candidates were forced out.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/michael-moore-goes-ballistic-on-dnc-for-changing-debate-rules-for-bloomberg/</ref> Clyborn admitted he cringed when he heard Biden's racist attack on Black people.<ref>https://youtu.be/HNgrTu1YhuU</ref>
Biden cynically tried to take advantage of George Floyd's killing, which occurred only days later, to repair his relations with Blacks by attacking the police and accusing them of [[systemic racism]]. Police groups and unions which Biden courted since the 1990s on behalf of the [[Clinton administration]] with the [[Biden Crime Bill]], mass incarceration, and effort to put 100,000 new cops on the street to deal with "Superpredators", responded by withdrawing their support.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/police-groups-joe-biden-300222</ref>
When Biden supporters tore down statues of [[George Washington]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]] because they were slave owners, Biden never condemned the violence and vandalism and accused President Trump of being America's first racist president. Biden conveniently overlooked the racism of President's [[Woodrow Wilson]] and [[Lyndon Johnson]], and a dozen other Democrat presidents who were slave owners. Charlemagne tha God responded that he wished Biden would just "shut the eff up forever."<ref>https://saraacarter.com/charlamagne-tha-god-says-biden-should-shut-the-eff-up-forever/</ref>
{{Anchor|Biden Amendment}}
{{Main|1972 United States Senate election in Delaware}}
===Biden Amendment repeals sections of the Civil Rights Act===
[[File:Biden segregation.png 1718483346.png|left|350px|thumb|Biden called segregation "a matter of Black pride" and pushed for a [[Constitutional Amendment]] to outlaw Court ordered de-segregation.<ref name="politico.com">https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968_full.html</ref>]]
:{{See also|Segregation|Systemic racism}}
The debate over the crimes of the Democrats [[slave power]]<ref name="zerohedge.com">https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-20/biden-doubles-down-after-reminding-everyone-democrats-owned-slaves</ref> was reopened in 2019 while some far leftists were pushing for [[slave reparations]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/book-joe-biden-1973-lectured-cleveland-what-good-negro/</ref> During Sen. Biden's decades long collaboration with segregationist Senators, there is no record of Biden ever calling them "clown's, "racists", or telling them to "shut up". Contrarily, Biden had nothing but kind and loving words of praise at their retirements and funerals.
In 1972 Biden re-cycled the [[John_C._Calhoun#positive good|racist rhetoric of John C. Calhoun]], arguing that school segregation was a "positive good" for Blacks. Calhoun famously laid out his doctrine of separation of the races as a civilizing force among Blacks which became Democrat talking points before the [[Dred Scott]] decision, throughout the [[Civil War]], [[Reconstruction]], the [[Jim Crow]] era, and the [[New Deal]]. In a Democrat [[filibuster]] on the floor of the [[Senate]], Calhoun famously said:
{{quotebox-float|"I hold that in the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as well as intellectual, are brought together, the relation now existing in the slaveholding States between the two, is, instead of an evil, a good—a positive good."}}
Biden resurrected the idea that segregation was "for their own good" and that Blacks were grateful for it.
{{Quotebox-float|“I think the concept of busing … that we are going to [[integrate]] people so that they all have the same access and they learn to grow up with one another and all the rest, is a rejection of the whole movement of black pride, a rejection of the entire black awareness concept, where black is beautiful, black culture should be studied; and the cultural awareness of the importance of their own identity, their own individuality.”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/read-the-transcript-of-the-october-1975-npr-interview-with-sens-joe-biden-and-edward-brooke</ref>}}
[[File:Biden racial jungle.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden: "My children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle."<ref>https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-racial-jungle-quote/</ref>]]
In the 21st century Biden tried to separate himself from his previous racist statements on school integration:
{{quotebox-float|"Poor kids are just as smart as white kids."}}
Biden led a coalition of segregationists that was opposed by Republican Sen. [[Edward Brooke]], the first [[African American]] senator elected since Democrats forced the end of [[Reconstruction]] after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. National Public Radio's David Ensor asked Biden, "What about a constitutional amendment? Isn’t that what you’re gonna have to end up supporting if you want to stop court ordered busing, too?" Biden responded,
{{Quotebox-float|"That would clearly do it. I’m hopeful, and I have — now that I have some sort of new allies in this area, it’s become respectable now for [[liberal]]s to at least say publicly what they’ve been saying in private, that busing doesn’t work. We are trying to figure out whether or not we can come up with an innovative piece of legislation which would limit the remedy, and I don’t — honestly don’t know whether we can come up with something constitutional. And if we can’t, I will not in an attempt to eliminate busing violate the Constitution. I won’t do that. The only way, if I’m gonna go at it, I’m gonna go at it through a Constitutional Amendment if it can’t be done through a piece of legislation."}}
Ensor reported that Biden proposed renewing segregation because busing "wasn't working" ("wasn't working" to the electoral advantage of Democrats and not necessarily to the cause of equal rights for Blacks), and Biden was afraid that older liberal colleagues were blind to how Black separatists felt about their children being bused to [[white]] schools.
{{Quotebox-float|"There are those of we [[social experiment|social planner]]s who think somehow that if we just [[subrogate]] man’s individual characteristics and traits by making sure that a presently heterogeneous society becomes a totally homogeneous society, that somehow we’re going to solve our social ills. Quite to the contrary."}}
Title VI of the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance.<ref>https://quizlet.com/45411923/ethical-and-legal-issues-2-flash-cards/</ref> Biden told the ''Philadelphia Enquirer'' on October 12, 1975:
{{quotebox-float|“Liberals have rejected common sense. Anybody who has studied the area knows that we don't have a workable rehabilitation program. Yet we continue to insist that the function of prison is to rehabilitate, not punish. I think the Democratic Party could stand a liberal [[George Wallace]] — someone who’s not afraid to stand up and offend people, someone who wouldn’t pander but would say what the American people know in their gut is right”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/deep-personal-relationships-joe-bidens-six-segregationist-friends</ref>}}
George Wallace praised Biden as "one of the outstanding young politicians of America."<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/joe-biden-once-said-democrats-needed-a-liberal-george-wallace</ref> Wallace is famous for coining the slogan in a gubernatorial inaugural address,
{{quotebox-float|"Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"<ref>https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1963-george-wallace-segregation-now-segregation-forever/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/KQLapDdEKmY</ref>}}
The same year Biden authored an amendment to gut Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ''[[Politico]]'' writes of the whole sordid affair, {{quotebox-float|Biden morphed into a leading anti-busing crusader—all the while continuing to insist that he supported the goal of school desegregation, he only opposed busing as the means to achieve that end. This stance, which many of Biden’s liberal and moderate colleagues also held, was clever but disingenuous. It enabled Biden to choose votes over principles, while acting as if he was not doing so....In a seminal moment, the Senate thus turned against desegregation. The Senate had supported the 1964 Civil Rights Act, [[1965 Voting Rights Act]] and 1968 Fair Housing Act....the Senate remained the last bastion for those who supported strong integration policies. Biden stormed that bastion...<ref name="politico.com">https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968_full.html</ref>}}
[[File:Biden 1975.jpeg|left|350px|thumb|“I think the Democratic Party could stand a liberal [[George Wallace]] — someone who’s not afraid to stand up and offend people, someone who wouldn’t pander but would say what the American people know in their gut is right” - Joe Biden]]
Sen. James Abourezk of [[South Dakota]] related how Biden reacted when Abrourezek tried to block the amendment:
{{quotebox-float|‘Abourezk, you **********, if I ever vote for another one of your bills, it'll be a cold day in hell.'
‘Calm down, Joe,' I told him, ‘You're eventually gonna thank me for doing this.'
‘Like hell I will you dirty *******.'
A few days later, Biden came into the scheduled committee meeting, this time with a broad, friendly grin aimed directly at me.
‘Jesus, Abourezk, you were right,' he said. ‘I am gonna thank you. You should see the Delaware newspapers—big front-page headlines saying, ‘Biden Battles Liberals in Washington.' He was unabashedly elated. ‘They love me back home, how did you know this would happen?'<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/biden-exploded-at-dem-colleague-over-busing-called-him-dirty-bastard/</ref>}}
''The New York Times'' published a lengthy story on Biden's advocacy of segregation. In a 1977 congressional hearing related to anti-desegregation orders, Biden emphasized,
{{quotebox-float|"Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/politics/biden-busing.html</ref>}}
Republican Sen. [[Edward Brooke]], the first black senator ever to be popularly elected, called Biden's amendment “the greatest symbolic defeat for [[civil rights]] since 1964.” Brooke accused Biden of leading an assault on integration.
Prof. Ronnie Dunn said opposition to busing was motivated by [[racism]] and that without the court-ordered policy Biden probably would not have become vice president in 2009. “What I find ironic is that [Biden] was the vice president under a president who, if it hadn’t been for the social interaction that occurred during the era of busing, I argue we likely would not have seen the election of Barack Obama." Dunn, an Urban Studies professor at Cleveland State University and author of the book ''Boycotts, Busing, & Beyond'', said Biden made the case in favor of maintaining segregation. "That was an argument against desegregation.” Dunn said Biden must address the issue if he runs for president. “People have to be held accountable."<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/joe-biden-embraced-segregation-in-1975-claiming-it-was-a-matter-of-black-pride</ref>
Biden's opposition to integration didn't stop there. ''HuffPo'' reported:
{{Main|United States Senate career of Joe Biden}}
[[File:Annotation 2019-07-05 135356.png|right|350px|thumb|"That little girl was me." The Biden Amendment of 1975 to the [[Civil Rights Act|1965 Civil Rights Act]] restored funding for schools that practiced racial segregation. Democrat presidential contender Kamala Harris was ostracized and silenced after exposing Biden's corrupt and racist history.]]
{{quotebox-float|In 1977, two black men nominated for key Justice Department posts by [[President Jimmy Carter]] easily won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. After confirmation by the full Senate, Drew Days III became the nation’s first black head of the department’s civil rights division and Wade McCree became the second black solicitor general. Only one member of the committee voted against them. It wasn’t segregationists [[Strom Thurmond]] (R-S.C.) or [[James Eastland]] (D-Miss.). It wasn’t even former [[Ku Klux Klan]] member [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.). The lone Judiciary Committee vote against the two men was Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.).<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-busing-nominees_n_5ca3c03de4b03174b92904f7</ref>}}
In 1981 Biden said in a Senate hearing, “sometimes even [[George Wallace]] is right about some things.” Wallace is famous for saying in 1963, “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/09/biden-sometimes-even-george-wallace-is-right/</ref> Biden read the "N" word into the Congressional Record during an open hearing in 1986.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/exclusive-newly-uncovered-transcripts-reveal-joe-biden-said-n-word-public-senate-hearing-1986/</ref> In a farewell address to retiring Democrat segregationist Sen. [[John Stennis]], Biden said:
{{quotebox-float|"To think that I would be one day on the floor of the United States Senate, being paid such accolades by such a man of character and courage as John Stennis is beyond my wildest dreams. And I mean that sincerely."<ref>https://youtu.be/9X6Y2CLqgDM</ref>}}
When Biden announced his candidacy ''Politico'' attempted to poo-poo and explain away Biden and liberal Democrat racism with a back-handed slap at [[school vouchers]] for minority students, which liberal elites have strenuously opposed ever since the Biden Amendment passed:
{{quotebox-float|School desegregation, as part of a broader suite of civil rights reforms, was once as a vital component of the Democratic Party platform. Yet since the 1970s, Democrats, in the face of concerted white backlash, have largely accommodated themselves to increasing segregation in public schools across the nation. Party leaders, even the most progressive among them, rarely propose serious solutions to this vexing problem. A sincere critique of Biden’s busing record would require a broader reckoning of the Democratic Party’s—and by extension the nation’s—abandonment of this central goal of the [[civil rights movement]]. And it’s hard to see that happening anytime soon.<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/05/joe-biden-busing-problem-226791</ref>}}
Sen. [[Cory Booker]] of [[New Jersey]] condemned the [[2020 Democrat primary]] frontrunner at the [[Juneteenth]] annual commemoration of [[Republican]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] ending [[slavery]] in the United States.
{{quotebox-float|You don’t joke about calling black men 'boys'...frankly, I’m disappointed that he hasn’t issued an immediate apology for the pain his words are dredging up for many Americans. He should.<ref name="zerohedge.com">https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-20/biden-doubles-down-after-reminding-everyone-democrats-owned-slaves</ref>}}
===Senate activities===
===Superpredators===
[[File:Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter.jpg|thumb|left|Biden with President [[Jimmy Carter]], 1979]]
[[File:Joe Biden.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Biden [[collude]]d with segregationists to undermine the Supreme Court decision of ''Brown vs. Board''.]]
In a 1993 Senate floor speech, Biden warned of "predators on our streets" who were "beyond the pale" and said they must be cordoned off from the rest of society because the justice system did not know how to rehabilitate them. Biden described a {{quotebox-float|"cadre of young people, tens of thousands of them, born out of wedlock, without parents, without supervision, without any structure, without any conscience developing because they literally ... because they literally have not been socialized, they literally have not had an opportunity."}}
Biden went on in the same breath, {{quotebox-float|"It doesn't matter whether or not the person that is accosting your son or daughter or my son or daughter, my wife, your husband, my mother, your parents, it doesn't matter whether or not they were deprived as a youth. It doesn't matter whether or not they had no background that enabled them to become socialized into the fabric of society. It doesn't matter whether or not they're the victims of society. The end result is they're about to knock my mother on the head with a lead pipe, shoot my sister, beat up my wife, take on my sons."}}
Biden said, that he didn't care "why someone is a malefactor in society" and that criminals needed to be "away from my mother, your husband, our families." Biden added "we should focus on them now" because "if we don't, they will, or a portion of them, will become the predators 15 years from now."
Biden's comments echoed first lady [[Hillary Clinton]]'s inflammatory statement about "Superpredators" with "no conscience, no empathy" and "we need to bring them to heel."
===Biden Crime Bill===
:{{Main article|The New Jim Crow}}
Biden was a staunch opponent of school desegregation in the 1970s and leading crusader for mass incarceration in the 1980s and 1990s. Biden described [[African American]] felons in the aftermath of the Central Park Five jogger case as 'predators' too [[sociopath]]ic to rehabilitate,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/politics/biden-1993-speech-predators/index.html</ref> and [[white supremacist]] senators as his friends.
Biden boasts as one of his greatest legislative achievements passage of the 1994 Crime bill which locked up 10% of the Black adult male population of the United States.<ref>http://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/incarceration_rates_growth_causes/</ref>
When [[President George H.W. Bush]] asked for a record increase in funding to fight the [[War on Drugs]], Biden told a TV interviewer {{Quotebox|"In a nutshell, the President's plan does not include enough police officers to catch the violent thugs, enough prosecutors to convict them, enough judges to sentence them or enough prison cells to put them away for a long time."<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-06/news/mn-1646_1_drug-war</ref><ref>http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/first-step-act-skepticism.html</ref>}} [[File:1994 Superpredator Act.jpg|left|350px|thumb|The Superpredator Act of 1994. Feinstein, Kerry and Biden are clearly visible with President Clinton. The bill is known for its sentencing disparities which led to mass incarceration of Blacks.<ref>https://fair.org/home/senate-crime-bill-unscrutinized-by-the-press/</ref>]] Biden, [[Ted Kennedy]], and [[Strom Thurmond]] worked on proposals that raised maximum penalties, removed a directive requiring the US Sentencing Commission to take into account prison capacity, and created the cabinet-level “drug czar” position. In 1984, they passed the Comprehensive Crime Control Act, which, among other things, abolished [[parole]], imposed a less generous cap on “good time” sentence reductions, and allowed the Sentencing Commission to issue more punitive guidelines.
Biden bragged on the Senate floor that it was under his and Thurmond's leadership that Congress passed a law sending anyone caught with a rock of cocaine the size of a quarter to jail for a minimum of five years - the notoriously racist hundred-to-one sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. In the same speech Biden took credit for [[civil asset forfeiture]] and seizure laws, and demanded to know why [[Papa Bush]] hadn't sentenced more drug dealers to life in prison or exercise the [[death penalty]] once Congress had given him that power.<ref name="c-span.org"/>
Biden became [[ranking minority member]] of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] in 1981. In 1984, he was a Democratic floor manager for the successful passage of the [[Comprehensive Crime Control Act]]; over time, the law's tough-on-crime provisions became controversial and in 2019, Biden called his role in passing the bill a "big mistake".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Herndon |first=Astead W. |date=January 21, 2019 |title=Biden Expresses Regret for Support of Crime Legislation in the 1990s |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/biden-crime-bill-regrets.html |access-date=January 21, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110162903/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/biden-crime-bill-regrets.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/us/politics/joe-biden-2020-president.html "Biden in 2020? Allies Say He Sees Himself as Democrats' Best Hope"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110163104/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/us/politics/joe-biden-2020-president.html |date=November 10, 2020}}, By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns. ''New York Times''. January 6, 2019</ref> His supporters praised him for modifying some of the law's worst provisions, and it was his most important legislative accomplishment to that time.<ref name="cby-44" /> This bill included the [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Fifield|first=Anna|date=January 4, 2013|title=Biden faces key role in second term|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/412f47b0-5694-11e2-aad0-00144feab49a|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081008/https://www.ft.com/content/412f47b0-5694-11e2-aad0-00144feab49a|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="time-cov-0113">{{cite news|last=Scherer|first=Michael|date=January 28, 2013|title=The Next Gun Fight|magazine=Time|url=http://swampland.time.com/2013/01/16/americas-new-gunfight-inside-the-campaign-to-avert-mass-shootings/|url-status=live|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081050/https://swampland.time.com/2013/01/16/americas-new-gunfight-inside-the-campaign-to-avert-mass-shootings/|archive-date=January 3, 2021}} Cover story.</ref> and the [[Violence Against Women Act]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Finley|first=Bruce|date=September 19, 2014|title=Biden: Men who don't stop violence against women are "cowards"|newspaper=The Denver Post|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2014/09/19/biden-men-who-dont-stop-violence-against-women-are-cowards/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013133013/http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_26568257/vice-president-biden-denver-discuss-domestic-violence-issues|archive-date=October 13, 2015}}</ref> which he has called his most significant legislation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Domestic Violence|url=http://biden.senate.gov/issues/issue/?id=975b0cf4-ce25-42cc-b63d-072fb81e8618|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822144642/http://biden.senate.gov/issues/issue/?id=975b0cf4-ce25-42cc-b63d-072fb81e8618|archive-date=August 22, 2008|access-date=September 9, 2008|publisher=[[United States Senate|Biden senate website]]}}</ref>
Biden's version of a new crime bill added more than forty crimes that would be eligible for the [[death penalty]]. Biden boasted “we do everything but hang people for jaywalking.”<ref name="books.google.com"/> The [[NAACP]] and other groups lobbied against the bill.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/us/civil-libertarians-go-after-crime-bills.html</ref> Although the 1991 crime bill was defeated by Republicans, the 1994 Biden/Clinton crime bill was passed.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SGUJBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT142&dq=biden%20strongly%20believes%20the%20administration%20needs%20to%20seize%20control%20of%20the%20issue%20by%20upping%20the%20ante&pg=PT142#v=onepage&q=biden%20strongly%20believes%20the%20administration%20needs%20to%20seize%20control%20of%20the%20issue%20by%20upping%20the%20ante&f=false The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America]'', Naomi Murakawa.</ref>
By 2001, the United States had the highest rate of incarceration in the world. [[Human Rights Watch]] reported that in seven states, African Americans constituted 80 to 90 percent of all drug offenders even though they were no more likely than whites to use or sell illegal drugs. Prison admissions for drug offenses reached a level in 2000 for African Americans more than 26 times the level they had been under [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>[https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/ Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote], Michelle Alexander, ''The Nation'', February 10, 2016</ref> Biden's "social planning" had proven effective.
In May 2019 journalist and historian Shaun King observed, {{Quotebox|I’ve heard a very dangerous lie being told about how the systems of mass incarceration were built in this nation. I didn’t expect to have to respond this way because I didn’t expect Joe Biden to lie about the 1994 Crime Bill. He wrote it. He fought for it. And the results were devastating. Every single expert on this topic agrees.<br><br>This week Joe Biden took the stance that not only is he not sorry for the Crime Bill, but that it didn’t even increase mass incarceration. And it’s shameful because either he’s willfully lying, which is horrible, or he’s just plain ignorant about the true impact of the bill, which is also horrible. Either way, I have a major problem with it because these laws are still in effect and they are doing damage in our communities every single day, 24 hours a day.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/shaunking/videos/688203931610804/</ref>}}
The Leftist ''Jacobin'' magazine summed up Biden's record:
{{Quotebox-float|"It’s not as if Biden didn’t know what he was doing.... He just didn’t care. Biden had made a calculated decision that the elections he would win were worth the damage he inflicted....<br>But even if Biden has subsequently learned the error of his ways, the rank cynicism and callousness involved in his two-decade-long championing of carceral policies should be more than enough to give anyone pause about his qualities as a leader, let alone a [[progressive]] one."<ref>https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/08/biden-crime-mass-incarceration-police-prisons</ref>}}
===Mass incarceration===
:{{See also|War on Drugs}}
Sen. [[Cory Booker]] told the NAACP convention in [[Detroit]] in response to another so-called "criminal justice reform" proposal by Biden: {{quotebox-float|For a guy who helped to be an architect of mass incarceration, this in an inadequate solution to what is a raging crisis in our country.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/24/cory-booker-labels-joe-biden-architect-mass-incarceration/</ref>}}
Biden now advocates for a man sentenced to prison to choose to be incarcerated in a women's prison.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ovc0BAUYo&feature=youtu.be</ref>
====Brain surgeries====
===Anita Hill hearings===
Biden as chair of the Judiciary Committee, called for extended hearings to delay a vote on Thomas and accommodate her last-minute allegations with televised hearings that traumatized the country. Biden told Sen. [[Arlen Specter]] that “It was clear to me from the way she was answering the questions, [Hill] was lying” about the central theme of her testimony. Biden used [[homophobia]], allegations by a Republican Senator that Anita Hill had "certain proclivities" to discredit her testimony, to attack Hill's critics while at the same time fight the nomination of an [[uppity]] Black. Biden has been widely criticized for his [[racist]], [[sexist]], and [[bigot]]ted handling of the hearings.<ref>https://www.essence.com/news/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill-comment-2020-presidential-run/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/sM19YOqs7hU</ref>
Thomas said he would rather have been the victim of an assassin's bullet than suffer what the hearings did to him.<ref>http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974074,00.html</ref> [[Democrat]]s were outraged that a [[Republican]] president would nominate a [[conservative]] [[African-American]] role model for Black youths to the Supreme Court.
Hill described her private conversation with Joe Biden shortly before he entered the [[2020 presidential election]] as "deeply unsatisfying."<ref>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/anita-hill-says-recent-conversation-with-joe-biden-was-deeply-unsatisfying</ref>
===Flagship of the Confederacy===
:{{See also|Southern Manifesto}}
The Southern Manifesto was a document written after the landmark Supreme Court 1954 ruling [[Brown v. Board of Education]], which integrated public schools. It was drawn up by legislators in the [[United States Congress]] opposed to racial integration in public places. It was signed by politicians from the former [[Confederate States of America|Confederate States]]. All but twenty-eight of the 138 southern Democrat members of Congress signed the Manifesto, including 19 of the Majority Democrat Senators.<ref>https://d1lexza0zk46za.cloudfront.net/history/am-docs/southern-manifesto.pdf</ref>
The Southern Manifesto was signed on a large mahogany conference table in Sen. [[John Stennis]]' office which Stennis used as his desk and referred to as "the flagship of the [[Confederacy]]."<ref>[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDOC-111sdoc23/pdf/CDOC-111sdoc23.pdf p. x]</ref> The table was used by segregationist and co-signer of the Southern Manifesto, Sen. [[Richard Russell]], before his retirement. When Stennis retired in 1988, Biden took over Stennis' office, including the conference table. When Biden was elected vice-president in 2008, Biden had the conference table moved into the vice-president's office.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Kaufman_Oral_History.pdf pg. 51]</ref>
Biden met Kinnock in 1988, forming an enduring friendship. During his [[Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign|2008 presidential run]], Biden referenced the controversy by introducing Kinnock to his campaign staff and saying "Folks, I want you to meet my greatest ever speechwriter."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=David|author-link=David Smith (journalist)|date=2020-09-07|title=Neil Kinnock on Biden's plagiarism 'scandal' and why he deserves to win: 'Joe's an honest guy'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/07/neil-kinnock-joe-biden-1987-scandal|access-date=2021-02-24|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
===Xenophobia===
Biden told an audience in 2006,
[[File:Riden with biden.png|right|350px|thumb|[[Richard Spencer]] officially endorsed Joe Biden. Spencer organized the 2017 [[Neo-Nazi]] Charlottesville March and is one of the "fine people" Biden claims Trump praised.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/prageru/videos/the-charlottesville-lie/698538344061850/</ref>]]
{{quotebox-float|"the country that isn't an erstwhile democracy, where they have the greatest disparity, and it's one of the wealthiest countries in the hemisphere. And because of a corrupt system that exists in [[Mexico]], there is the 1% of the population at the top, a very small little [[middle class]], and the rest in abject poverty.
Folks, I voted for a fence. I voted and, unlike most Democrats - some of you won't like it - I voted for 700 miles of fence. Let me tell you, we can build a fence 40 stories high - unless we change the dynamic in Mexico, and you will you like this - and punish American employers who knowingly violate the law when in fact they hire illegals. Unless you do those two things, all the rest is window dressing. Now I know I'm not supposed to say it that bluntly. But they are facts. They are the facts.
And so, everything else we do is in between here, everything else we do is at the margin. The reason why I thought, parenthetically, why I believe the fence is needed is not really related to immigration as much as drugs. I'm the guy who wrote the national crime bill. I'm the guy that wrote the national drug trafficing. I'm the guy who wrote the law that set up a drug czar. Let me tell you something, folks. People are driving across that border with tons, tons, hear me, tons, of everything from by products for [[methamphetamine]], to [[cocaine]], to [[heroin]]. It's all coming up through corrupt Mexico.
So I would have, as they say in the southern part of my state, I had an altar call. I had a come to the Lord meeting. You think I'm joking? I'm not joking. Maybe you know about me. I've been doing this a long time. I've known every single major world leader in every country for the past 20 years. And I know a lot of them well...don't tell me, in Mexico, you expect to get the same kind of treatment that we give other democracies, and then you don't act in a democratic way. Not on my watch., Not on my watch.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR6wdwkaWGA</ref>}}
==Biden junta==
:{{See also|Biden Junta}}
The Biden junta seized power through a coup via [[Democrat election fraud|extensive voter fraud]] on November 4, 2020 and formally installed itself on January 20, 2021. Biden's installation as "president" turned out to be a complete sham compared with the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, as a photo comparison of the two inaugurations showed that compared to the hundreds of thousands who attended the Trump inauguration (with the crowd stretching from the Capitol all the way to the Washington Monument), Biden's installation was very sparsely attended, with what appeared to be no more than a few dozen members of the public present at most;<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/clear-based-comparison-president-trumps-2017-inauguration-bidens-inauguration-biden-no-support-election-suspect/ It’s Clear Based on a Comparison Between President Trump’s 2017 Inauguration and Biden’s Inauguration that Biden Has No Support and Election Is Suspect
] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> to hide this embarrassing and inconvenient truth, the liberal media conveniently avoided showing wide camera angles that would have exposed the complete lack of support or legitimacy the Biden regime has. To cover for this, Biden's handlers also claimed that the complete lack of a crowd presence was due to "tight security" (i.e. the presence of 25,000 military troops and wartime-level security measures) being needed due to what they claimed was the "threat of violence"; conversely, the return of President Trump and his family to their home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida was far better attended, with tens of thousands lining the route between the Palm Beach International Airport and Mar-a-Lago to greet the Trump family.
Biden was critical of [[United States Office of the Independent Counsel|Independent Counsel]] [[Ken Starr]] during the 1990s [[Whitewater controversy]] and [[Lewinsky scandal]] investigations, saying "it's going to be a cold day in hell" before another independent counsel would be granted similar powers.<ref>''Almanac of American Politics'' 2000, p. 372.</ref> He voted to acquit during the [[impeachment of President Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.vote/ |title=How the senators voted on impeachment |work=CNN |date=February 12, 1999 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081326/https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.vote/ |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 2000s, Biden sponsored bankruptcy legislation sought by credit card issuers.<ref name="aap08-bio" /> Clinton vetoed the bill in 2000, but it passed in 2005 as the [[Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act]],<ref name="aap08-bio" /> with Biden one of only 18 Democrats to vote for it, while leading Democrats and consumer rights organizations opposed it.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pilkington|first=Ed|date=December 2, 2019|title=How Biden Helped Create the Student Debt Problem He Now Promises to Fix|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/02/joe-biden-student-loan-debt-2005-act-2020|access-date=March 8, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306071514/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/02/joe-biden-student-loan-debt-2005-act-2020|url-status=live}}</ref> As a senator, Biden strongly supported increased [[Amtrak]] funding and rail security.<ref name="aap08-366" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Verma|first=Pranshu|date=October 24, 2020|title=Biden, an Amtrak Evangelist, Could Be a Lifeline for a Rail Agency in Crisis|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/us/biden-amtrak-covid.html|access-date=November 19, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119015056/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/us/biden-amtrak-covid.html|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Bill Clinton and officials on Air Force One.jpg|thumb|left|Senator Biden accompanies President Clinton and other officials to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in December 1997]]
Biden's purported appointment of [[white supremacist]] [[Los Angeles]] mayor [[Eric Garcetti]] as [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|commissar of housing]] was met with protests by the [[Black Lives Matter]] organization.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-lives-matter-leader-calls-l-a-mayor-garcetti-a-liberal-white-supremacist-speaks-out-against-potential-cabinet-appointment</ref> Biden promised a "Dark Winter" for America and made clear that he would not hold China accountable for the [[CCP pandemic]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52-vVoPcJAk</ref> He pledged to raise taxes by undoing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which caused the economic boom under President Trump, and threatened to promote the [[Green New Deal]] to extinguish [[capitalism]] and supposedly will replace jobs lost during the [[coronavirus]] with so-called clean energy jobs,<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/11/06/the-election-fallacy-of-the-intellectual-conservatives-beltway-republicans-are-decepticons/</ref> and pass the so-called "[[Equal Rights Amendment]]." Forced abortion would become "the law of the land."<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/06/biden-vows-make-roe-v-wade-law-land-abortion-law-overturned/</ref>
Biden told his [[junta]] organizing committee,
Biden was a longtime member of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]]. He became its ranking minority member in 1997 and chaired it from June 2001 to 2003 and 2007 to 2009.<ref name="aap08-365" /> His positions were generally [[liberal internationalist]].<ref name="nyt-foreign">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/americas/24iht-policy.4.15591832.html | title=In Biden, Obama chooses a foreign policy adherent of diplomacy before force | last=Gordon | first=Michael R. | newspaper=The New York Times | date=August 24, 2008 | access-date=November 5, 2009 | author-link=Michael R. Gordon | archive-date=February 27, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227192937/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/americas/24iht-policy.4.15591832.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="lat-foreign" /> He collaborated effectively with Republicans and sometimes went against elements of his own party.<ref name="aap08-365" /><ref name="lat-foreign" /> During this time he met with at least 150 leaders from 60 countries and international organizations, becoming a well-known Democratic voice on foreign policy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/09/23/meetings_with_foreign_leaders.html |title=Meetings with Foreign Leaders? Biden's Been There, Done That |last=Kessler |first=Glenn |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=November 5, 2009 |author-link=Glenn Kessler (journalist) |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112112314/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/09/23/meetings_with_foreign_leaders.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Cquote|<big>'''''This country is [[Doomsday Argument|doomed!]] It is doomed not just because of [[African American]]s, but because by 2040 this country is going to be minority [[white]] [[Europe]]an! Hear me! Minority white European!'''''</big><ref>https://youtu.be/17Q26jMCvpI</ref>}}
Biden voted against authorization for the [[Gulf War]] in 1991,<ref name="lat-foreign">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-24-na-foreignpol24-story.html |title=Joe Biden respected—if not always popular—for foreign policy record |last1=Richter |first1=Paul |last2=Levey |first2=Noam N. |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 24, 2008 |access-date=November 5, 2009 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051910/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-24-na-foreignpol24-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> siding with 45 of the 55 Democratic senators; he said the U.S. was bearing almost all the burden in the [[Coalition of the Gulf War|anti-Iraq coalition]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/13/world/confrontation-gulf-congress-acts-authorize-war-gulf-margins-are-5-votes-senate.html |title=Congress Acts to Authorize War in Gulf |last=Clymer |first=Adam |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 13, 1991 |author-link=Adam Clymer |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103081353/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/13/world/confrontation-gulf-congress-acts-authorize-war-gulf-margins-are-5-votes-senate.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Biden praised the passage of a pork-filled "coronavirus relief" bill in late December 2020 that provides a mere $600 stimulus checks for Americans yet allocates billions to irrelevant causes including border security of [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Egypt]], [[Tunisia]], and [[Oman]].<ref>https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1341255898711220225</ref><ref>https://notthebee.com/article/covid-stimulus-bill-includes-250-million-for-enhanced-border-security--in-jordan-lebanon-egypt-tunisia-and-oman</ref> Even fellow [[far-left]]ist [[Jon Ossoff]] referred to the proposal as "a joke".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/12/22/ossoff-trump-is-right-on-direct-payments-congress-should-pass-2000-checks/ ]</ref>
Biden became interested in the [[Yugoslav Wars]] after hearing about [[Serb]] abuses during the [[Croatian War of Independence]] in 1991.<ref name="nyt-foreign" /> Once the [[Bosnian War]] broke out, Biden was among the first to call for the "[[Lift and strike (Bosnia)|lift and strike]]" policy of lifting the arms embargo, training [[Bosnian Muslims]] and supporting them with [[NATO]] air strikes, and investigating [[war crimes]].<ref name="nyt-foreign" /><ref name="aap08-365" /> The [[George H. W. Bush administration]] and [[Clinton administration]] were both reluctant to implement the policy, fearing Balkan entanglement.<ref name="nyt-foreign" /><ref name="lat-foreign" /> In April 1993, Biden spent a week in the Balkans and held a tense three-hour meeting with Serbian leader [[Slobodan Milošević]].<ref name="wapo-bosnia">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100602681.html | title=Biden Played Less Than Key Role in Bosnia Legislation | last=Kessler | first=Glenn | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=October 7, 2008 | access-date=November 5, 2009 | author-link=Glenn Kessler (journalist) | archive-date=August 26, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826101923/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100602681.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Biden related that he had told Milošević, "I think you're a damn war criminal and you should be tried as one."<ref name="wapo-bosnia" />
Joe Biden's alleged State Department transition team contains several consultants and lobbyists from Albright Stonebridge Group, a consulting firm with extensive links to the Chinese Communist Party.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/biden-un-state-picks-are-ccp-consultants/</ref>
===Junta personnel===
As of November 2020 [[Peter Neffenger]] was chairman of the [[corrupt]] [[voter fraud|ballot-stuffing]] and [[election fraud|election-rigging]] [[SmartMatic]] corporation.<ref>https://www.smartmatic.com/us/about/board-of-directors/detail/peter-neffenger/</ref> Neffenger was appointed to the [[Biden junta]] organizational team.<ref>https://www.air.tv/watch?v=ir00pXx9QsKbvSdjsCy3nQ</ref>
Dr. Navid Keshavarz-Nia, with 35 years experience performing technical assessment, mathematical modeling, cyber-attack pattern analysis, and
security [[counterintelligence]] linked to foreign intelligence service operators, including [[China]], [[Iran]], [[North Korea]], and [[Russia]] and who has worked as a consultant and subject-matter expert supporting the [[Department of Defense]], [[FBI]] and US [[Intelligence Community]] (USIC) agencies such as the [[DIA]], [[CIA]], [[NSA]], NGA [National Geospatial Agency], and the [[DHS]] I&A [Office of Intelligence and Analysis] supporting counterintelligence, and [[law enforcement]] investigations and whom the ''[[New York Times]]'' describes as the "always the smartest person in the room,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/sunday/garrison-courtney-spies-contracts.html</ref> testified under oath Smartmatic and its role in the [[2020 Presidential election]] thusly:
[[File:Maoist Anita Dunn.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Obama]] [[White House]] Communications Director and [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign]] manager Anita Dunn was a great admirer of [[Chairman Mao]] and was deeply inspired by the [[Cultural Revolution]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qDsrfy-Zvg Video of Obama Communications Director Claiming Mao One of Her Favorite Political Philosophers'] Video, YouTube. Retrieved October 29, 2009.</ref> ]]
{{quotebox-float|"In my expert opinion, the DVS [ [[Dominion Voting Systems]] ] Democracy Suite, [[Scytl]]/SOE Software/eClarity and Smartmatic have not produced auditable results in the 2020 election. It is evident that ballots were not properly validated, system records were not kept, and the system experience considerable instability even several days prior to November 4, 2020 that require DVS to implement software changes at the last minute. In addition, the disparity in data distribution after 4:30 AM on November 4, 2020 indicates significant systemic anomalies that were widespread among all battleground states. The evidence is both extensive and persuasive and indicates large-scale [[fraud]] by remote operators.
"I conclude that a combination of lost cryptographic key contained on stolen USB memory cards, serious exploitable system and [[software]] vulnerabilities and operating system backdoor in DVS, Scytl, SOE Software/eClarity and Smartmatic created the perfect environment to commit widespread fraud in all states where these systems are installed. My analysis of the 2020 Election from ''NY Times'' data shows statistical anomalies across the battleground state votes. These failures are widespread and systemic - and sufficient to invalidate the [[vote]] counts.
[[File:Joe Biden addresses the press after having a brief meeting with Iraq's interim Prime Minister lyad Allawi.jpg|thumb|right|Biden addresses the press after meeting with Prime Minister [[Ayad Allawi]] in [[Baghdad]] in 2004]]
"I conclude with high confidence that the election 2020 data were altered in all [[swing states|battleground states]] resulting in a hundreds of thousands of votes that were cast for [[President Trump]] to be transferred to [[Vice President Biden]]. These alterations were the result of systemic and widespread exploitable vulnerabilities in DVS, Scytl/SOE Software and Smartmatic systems that enabled operators to achieve
the desired results. In my view, the evidence is overwhelming and incontrovertible."<ref>https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mied.350905/gov.uscourts.mied.350905.1.19.pdf</ref>}}
In a message of unity, Biden appointed his deputy [[chief of staff]] Jen O’Malley Dillon to proclaim Republican Senators "a bunch of f*****".<ref>https://www.glamour.com/story/glennon-doyle-and-jen-omalley-dillon-interview</ref>
*[[Ron Klain]] - right hand henchman
*[[SmartMatic]] chairman [[Peter Neffenger]] - junta organizer<ref>https://dennismichaellynch.com/dml-morning-briefing-mon-nov-16-trump-lawyer-vows-to-overturn-results-of-election-in-several-states/</ref>
*[[CCP]] spy recruiter Thomas Zimmerman - Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/biden-personnel-adviser-chinese-intel-spies/</ref>
*[[Hunter Biden]] contact [[Anthony Blinken]] - foreign ministry<ref>https://gellerreport.com/2020/11/biden-%f0%9f%92%80-transition-choice-for-sec-state-tony-blinken-conflict-of-interests-involving-china-ukraine-and-hunter-biden.html/</ref>
*[[Peoples Liberation Army]] operative Alejandro Mayorkas - department of homeland security<ref>https://www.dickmorris.com/biden-nominee-for-homeland-security-secretary-helped-chinese-military-front-huawei-and-hillarys-brother-get-visas/</ref><ref>https://cis.org/Bensman/Alejandro-Mayorkas-Portrait-Intended-Nominee-DHS-Secretary</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/04/joe-bidens-dhs-nominee-is-the-absolute-picture-of-dc-political-corruption/</ref>
*president of the [[CAP]] [[communist front]] [[Neera Tanden]] - [[Office of Management and Budget]]<ref>https://youtu.be/k3m-erl9hwg</ref>
*[[Russia collusion hoax]]er [[Jake Sullivan]] - [[national security advisor]]<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/24/bidens-pick-for-national-security-adviser-is-a-steele-dossier-truther/</ref>
*Trump-Russia conspirator, torture program cover-up artist and Obama snoop [[Avril Haines]] - [[DNI]]<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/</ref><ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ex-cia-officer-dark-past-bidens-nominee-national-intelligence-director</ref>
*architect of the [[European refugee crisis|Syrian refugee crisis]] and Russia collusion hoaxer [[Lloyd Austin]] - defense minister<ref>https://youtu.be/oeBEzeyV8Ow</ref><ref>https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ZEmyuP5x6YIJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/gen-lloyd-austin-has-a-chance-to-fix-his-legacy-on-syria/2020/12/10/e35417d2-3b2e-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us</ref>
*Jen O’Malley Dillon - in a message of unity called GOP Senators "a bunch of f*****" - deputy chief of staff<ref>https://www.glamour.com/story/glennon-doyle-and-jen-omalley-dillon-interview</ref>
*[[Racist]] mayor [[Eric Garcetti]] - [[commissar]] of housing.<ref>https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/11/24/black-lives-matter-la-mayor-eric-garcetti-should-not-be-picked-for-biden-administration-position/</ref> When objections were raised, [[Marcia Fudge]], who referred to a judge that beat and killed his wife as "a good man who made a mistake", was appointed.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/12/09/bidens-pick-to-lead-hud-wrote-letter-of-support-for-judge-who-beat-then-killed-his-wife-1003792/</ref>
[[File:Psaki communist.PNG|right|250px|thumb|Junta chief spokesperson Jen Psaki (right) with [[Hammer and Sickle]]. [[Russian]] Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] (left).]]
*[[jihad]]i Reema Dodin - deputy director Office of Legislative Affairs<ref>https://freebeacon.com/democrats/biden-taps-staffer-who-said-suicide-bombings-were-last-resort-for-palestinians/</ref>
*[[globalism|globalist]] [[Janet Yellen]] to merge the indepedent [[Federal Reserve Board]] and [[United States Treasury]]<ref>https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/12/bullish-for-gold-yellens-appointment-merges-the-treasury-with-the-fed/</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/01/yellen-made-millions-in-wall-street-speeches-453223</ref>
*[[Democrat IT scandal]] kingpin [[Xavier Becerra]] as [[HHS]] commissar<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/07/02/awan-memo-server-vanished/</ref>
*[[Marxist]] mayor of the [[systemic racism|systemically racist]] South Bend police department [[Pete Buttigieg]] - commissar of transportation
*[[Alcoholics Anonymous]] pitchman [[Deb Haaland]] - ministry of the interior<ref>https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/bipartisan-group-calls-for-dem-party-leader-to-resign-for-bias/article_2bbc2251-16fb-56dc-82c1-d3b0d3f7e020.html</ref><ref>https://politicalfireball.com/2018/10/16/pt-2-haaland-allowed-direct-affront-to-tribal-sovereignty-pueblo-group/</ref>
*False prophet of the climate apocalypse [[John Kerry]] - climate czar<ref>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2020/12/30/john_kerry_false_prophet_of_the_climate_apocalypse_654911.html</ref>
*Ministry of [[torture]] and domestic coups - William Burns<ref>https://search.wikileaks.org/?q=%22william+burns%22</ref>
*[[Libya]]n slave trader [[Samantha Power]] - [[USAID]] Administrator<ref>https://archive.is/wip/e0pPo</ref>
*[[pseudoscientific]] racist and [[anti-Semite]] Kristen Clarke - DOJ Civil Rights Division<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/biden-pick-for-civil-rights-chief-promoted-racism-and-anti-semitism-at-harvard/</ref>
*Michigan [[SJW]]-in-Chief [[Gretchen Whitmer]] - party undersecretary<ref>https://www.mlive.com/politics/2021/01/biden-picks-whitmer-for-dnc-vice-chair.html</ref>
*[[Trump-Russia]] subversive and fascist Ukrainian coup plotter [[Victoria Nuland]] - Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/25-organizations-say-victoria-nuland-should-be-rejected</ref>
*anti-white racist Cindy Martens - ministry of youth and brainwashing<ref>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1351206666818248704.html</ref>
*[[Goldman Sachs]] partner and 1%er Gary Gensler - [[Securities and Exchange Commission]]
*Airheaded Soviet Communist sympathizer [[Jen Psaki]] as White House Press Secretary.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/resurfaced-photo-psaki-biden-soviet-union Resurfaced photo shows Biden press sec Jen Psaki wearing hammer and sickle hat with Russian official]</ref>
*Unsuccessful [[Supreme Court]] nominee [[Merrick Garland]] - justice ministry
===Reputation===
===Mental capacity===
[[File:Joe Biden, official photo portrait 2.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Official Senate photo, 2005]]
Four weeks into the junta, ''[[Politico]]'' reported that nearly three dozen House Democrats called on Biden to relinquish his sole authority to launch [[nuclear weapon]]. “...Vesting one person with this authority entails real risks...Past presidents have threatened to attack other countries with nuclear weapons or exhibited behavior that caused other officials to express concern about the president’s judgment...While any president would presumably consult with advisors before ordering a nuclear attack, there is no requirement to do so...The military is obligated to carry out the order if they assess it is legal under the laws of war. Under the current posture of U.S. nuclear forces, that attack would happen in minutes.”<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-defense/2021/02/23/tester-outlines-defense-budget-strategy-793538?cid=su_tw_md</ref> The effort was spearheaded by Democrat Reps. [[Jimmy Panetta]] and [[Ted Lieu]] after both international and national media questioned Biden's mental capacity and the threat it posed to national security.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/believe-joe-bidens-mental-state-clear-national-security-threat-newsmax-host-grant-stinchfield-joe-bidens-dementia-video/</ref><ref>https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6233603126001</ref>
===Attack on civil liberties===
CNET reported the following back in 2008:
{{Quotebox-float|“Months before the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] took place, Biden introduced another bill called the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995. It previewed the 2001 Patriot Act by allowing secret evidence to be used in prosecutions, expanding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and wiretap laws, creating a new federal crime of ‘terrorism’ that could be invoked based on political beliefs, permitting the U.S. military to be used in civilian law enforcement, and allowing permanent detention of non-U.S. citizens without judicial review. The Center for National Security Studies said the bill would erode ‘constitutional and statutory due process protections’ and would ‘authorize the Justice Department to pick and choose crimes to investigate and prosecute based on political beliefs and associations.’<ref>https://www.thebigsmoke.com.au/2021/01/10/joe-biden-authored-the-patriot-act-now-hes-promised-new-domestic-terror-laws/</ref>}}
Even ''Jacobin'' magazine noted, "The danger is real that the [[Capitol riot|January 6 Capitol attack]] will be used as an excuse to severely curtail our civil liberties."<ref>https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/joe-biden-domestic-terrorism-bill-capitol-building</ref> After assuming full command of the junta, Biden referred to Republicans as "[[Neanderthal]]s".<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/republicans-hit-back-at-unity-president-bidens-neanderthal-insult/</ref>
Biden was consistently ranked one of the least wealthy members of the Senate,<ref name="lat082408nw">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-24-na-assess24-story.html |title=Demographics part of calculation: Biden adds experience, yes, but he could also help with Catholics, blue-collar whites and women |last=Wallsten |first=Peter |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 24, 2008 |access-date=August 25, 2008 |archive-date=May 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515025410/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-24-na-assess24-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/08/24/a_look_at_bidens_net_worth/ |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |title=A look at Biden's net worth |date=August 24, 2008 |access-date=February 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725145844/http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/08/24/a_look_at_bidens_net_worth/ |archive-date=July 25, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/us/politics/13biden.html |title=Biden Releases Tax Returns, in Part to Pressure Rivals |last=Broder |first=John M. |work=The New York Times |date=September 13, 2008 |access-date=September 13, 2008 |archive-date=April 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425024153/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/us/politics/13biden.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which he attributed to his having been elected young.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/12/biden-tax-returns-revealed/ |title=Biden tax returns revealed |last=Mooney |first=Alexander |work=CNN |date=September 12, 2008 |access-date=September 13, 2008 |archive-date=September 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913001912/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/12/biden-tax-returns-revealed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Feeling that less-wealthy public officials may be tempted to accept contributions in exchange for political favors, he proposed [[campaign finance reform]] measures during his first term.<ref name="cby-44" />
===Antifa===
Biden refused to denounce terrorist Anarcho-coummunist group of [[Antifa]] during the first debate with president Donald Trump. He claimed they are "just an idea", not an organization. He pretends that [[FBI]] Bureau’s director Chris Wray told lawmakers that Antifa is an ideology not a terrorist group, but the fact this is not what Wray said, Wray said: “any number of properly predicated investigations into what we would describe as violent anarchist extremists,” which included individuals who identity with Antifa.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-says-antifa-is-an-idea-not-an-organization-during-presidential-debate/ Biden Says Antifa Is ‘An Idea, Not An Organization’ during Presidential Debate]</ref> It appears that Biden and Antifa have some relations, as when someone looks up the website Antifa.com, Biden's election campaign page will appear.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHDVYKgLODY</ref>
===Fracking===
During the Democrat primary elections Biden stated several times that he will end [[Fracking|fracking]].<ref>[https://www.atr.org/biden-yes-we-should-end-fracking?amp Biden: "Yes" We Should End Fracking]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/biden-claimed-he-never-wanted-ban-fracking-he-did-1541552 Biden Claimed He Never Wanted to Ban Fracking. He Did]</ref> After winning the primary elections he pretended that he had never said that he will end fracking to his supporters in [[Pennsylvania]], and he declined to comment further on ending fracking. The [[Washington Post]] admitted that Biden will lose his popularity in Pennsylvania because of his comments on fracking.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-fracking-unions-pennsylvania/2020/10/22/447d31de-12cf-11eb-ad6f-36c93e6e94fb_story.html Biden's fracking comments could cost him Pennsylvania ...]</ref>
===Police===
Biden flip-flops on defunding police. He changed his positions three times on defunding police.<ref>https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2020/08/26/joe-biden-flips-defund-police-how-can-we-trust-him/3424969001/</ref> On July 8, 2020 he agreed on defunding some levels of police.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppoUCQLSXFE</ref> In the first presidential debate, Biden accused police and falsely called them ‘systemic racists’. <ref>https://www.teletrader.com/biden-systemic-racism-in-us-present-beyond-police/news/details/52383496?internal=1&ts=1604959273788&culture=de-CH</ref>
===2008 presidential campaign===
===Supreme court===
Biden wants to violate the Constitution by expanding Supreme court members.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/biden-supreme-court-packing.html</ref> At the presidential debate, Biden refused to confirm that.<ref> https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/22/joe-biden-court-packing-judicial-reforms-commission-431157</ref>
===Illegal Immigration===
Biden didn’t consider Illegal immigrants as illegals, he calls them instead "undocumented immigrants". <ref> https://joebiden.com/immigration/</ref> In a presidential debate he admitted that he will give citizenship to 11 million illegal immigrants. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbzEuEr7Fio</ref> Biden stated that he wants to reform ICE policies, without saying which of these policies he wants to reform. <ref> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-knocks-left-wing-of-democratic-party-we-shouldnt-abolish-ice</ref>
The junta stepped up the "Babies in Cages" program initially begun under the Obama administration.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/wh-press-secretary-jen-psaki-defends-biden-reopening-babies-in-cages-migrant-program/</ref>
===Gun rights===
Biden plans to control people's right to own guns, for example, banning semi-automatic firearms.<ref>https://joebiden.com/gunsafety/#</ref> He pretends that his plan does not violate the [[Second Amendment]].<ref>[https://www.nraila.org/articles/20200921/joe-biden-told-voters-the-second-amendment-does-not-protect-an-individual-right Joe Biden Told Voters the Second Amendment DOES NOT Protect an Individual Right]</ref> Biden has no tolerance for anyone who opposes his anti-gun campaign, on 10 March 2020 he threatened to fight a civilian worker in Detroit, and disrespected him by calling him 'Full of Sh*t' because he mentioned Joe's past statements.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k2UeoY4uyU</ref>
==2008 vice-presidential campaign==
===Islam===
Biden plans to bring hundreds of thousands of Muslims from radical countries.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/dncs-deepening-embrace-radical-islamists-opinion-1527239 The DNC's Deepening Embrace of Radical Islamists | Opinion]</ref> Biden was criticized when he promised to let kids learn Sharia law in public schools.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCkqSZp6nkc Why Joe Biden Wants to Teach Your Kids Islam]</ref> To convince Muslims to vote for him he used one of the most radical hadiths: whoever sees evil let him change by his hand, if he cannot then with his tongue, if he cannot then with his heart (by hating), and that's the weakest faith. This is same hadith which was used by the [[September 11, 2001 attack]] perpetrators.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOhjQ9qoVJw Joe Biden Accidentally Calls for Jihad against America]</ref>
[[File:Biden Obama 3b.jpg|thumb|Biden speaks at the August 23, 2008, vice presidential announcement at the [[Old State Capitol State Historic Site|Old State Capitol]] in [[Springfield, Illinois]]]]
===Abortion===
Biden has a far-Left position on [[abortion]], he said that he will support abortion in all circumstances including [[Late-term abortion|late term abortion]].<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/supporting-roe-means-supporting-abortion-until-birth/ Supporting Roe Means Supporting Abortion until Birth]</ref> He also said that he will stop any state from preventing abortion.<ref>[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/joe-biden-i-support-abortion-under-any-circumstance Joe Biden: I support abortion ‘under any circumstance’]</ref>
===Promotion of gender confusion===
Biden will allow children in schools to "change" their gender without their parents' permission. He will also allow [[gender confusion|gender-confused]] boys to play sport with girls, and use their bathrooms and their locker rooms. This was a listed priority on the Biden-Harris campaign website. He will reinstate the Obama-Biden guidance revoked by the Trump-Pence Administration, which will restore gender-confused students’ access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms in accordance with their claimed gender identity. The Biden LGBTQ+ policy would allow also biological males who identify as "females" to be granted access to female locker rooms, bathrooms and sports teams without even undergoing confirmation surgery or using hormone replacements.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/lucy-collins/hawley-biden-plan-force-schools-let-transgenders-play-girls-sports Hawley: Biden Plan to Force Schools to Let Transgenders Play Girls' Sports, Use Their Locker Rooms, 'Startling Revelation of Where His Mind is At']</ref>
A Harris Poll commissioned by [[GLAAD]] prior to the 2020 election showed that U.S. adults are increasingly uncomfortable with [[LGBT]] issues — with Millennials ages 18 – 34 leading this shift. The number of non-LGBT adults ages 18 – 34 who are uncomfortable with learning a family member is LGBT rose from 24% at the end of the Obama era in 2016 to 36% in 2018. The number of Millennials uncomfortable with the idea of their children having a lesson on LGBT history at school rose from 27% to 39% during that same time. The number of Millennials that GLAAD counts as “allies” — people who are comfortable with the [[homosexual agenda]] and [[progressivism]] — dropped from 62% in 2016 to 45% in 2018.<ref>https://www.christianpost.com/news/millennials-gen-z-growing-uncomfortable-lgbt-movement-survey.html</ref> A fake news poll conducted by the [[Soros]]-funded, [[homosexual]]-centered "[[Human Rights Campaign]]" claims that 98% of [[heterosexual|straight]] [[male]]s refuse to date a gender-confused person allegedly because of "[[hate]]."<ref>https://ucf.forums.rivals.com/threads/are-you-in-the-98-of-hate.76324/</ref>
In January 2021, Biden nominated [[Richard Levine]]—a gender-confused male who claims to be a "female" named "Rachel"—as his Assistant Health Secretary.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/biden-taps-transgender-to-be-assistant-health-secretary-and-hes-very-controversial/</ref> Levine served under the administration of totalitarian governor [[Tom Wolf]] during the [[CCP pandemic]] and is directly responsible for thousands of deaths in nursing homes.<ref>Scolforo, Mark (June 26, 2020). [https://apnews.com/article/34a7e5f3ddac76e3b0388c017913acf8 Health secretary defends pandemic response in nursing homes]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved February 26, 2021.</ref><ref>McKelvey, Wallace (March 14, 2020). [https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/05/health-secretary-rachel-levines-removal-of-mom-from-care-home-amid-epidemic-draws-scrutiny.html Health Secretary Rachel Levine’s removal of mom from care home amid epidemic draws scrutiny]. ''pennlive.com''. Retrieved February 26, 2021.</ref>
Biden signed an Executive Order on January 25, 2021 mandating taxpayers to pay for gender reassignment surgery for active military personnel and veterans, with some treatments costing upward of $200,000.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/military-transgender-surgery-free</ref>
===Foreign policy===
:{{See also|Biden/Harris regime foreign policy}}
====TPP====
Biden plans for return to [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]], despite it damages to the US economy.<ref>[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/11/09/business/us-return-tpp-joe-biden/ Prospects dim for early U.S. return to TPP despite Biden win]</ref> He seeks to abolish most, if not all [[tariffs]] which were enacted by President Trump.<ref>[https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/prospects-for-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-trade-deal-under-a-biden-presidency/ Prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal under a Biden Presidency]</ref>
==Vice president (2009–2017)==
====China====
[[File:Joe Biden sworn in 1-20-09 hires 090120-N-0696M-204a.jpg|thumb|left|Biden being sworn in as vice president on January 20, 2009]]
Biden has friendly relations with the Communist government of China. Biden refuses to see Communist China as a threat to the United States and condemned the notion by calling it "bizarre".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/02/28/joe-biden-bizarre-to-say-china-is-americas-competition/ Joe Biden: ‘Bizarre’ to Say China is America’s Competition]</ref> China was one of first countries which welcomed the media declaration of the Biden junta. Vice foreign minister He Yafei said: despite differences in political ideology, there could still be opportunities for long-term cooperation. “Multilateralism, I will say, is very much needed at this critical moment,” he said. “For China, the US and the EU, all of us should rethink who we are and what roles we can play in the future.<ref>[https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3109496/us-china-relations-trump-divisions-could-haunt-biden US-China relations: Trump divisions could haunt Biden presidency]</ref>
===First term (2009–2013)===
====North Korea====
Biden said he intended to eliminate some explicit roles assumed by George W. Bush's vice president, [[Dick Cheney]], and did not intend to emulate any previous vice presidency.<ref name="lkl122208">{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/22/biden.lkl/index.html |title=Biden says he'll be different vice president |work=CNN |date=December 22, 2008 |access-date=December 22, 2008 |archive-date=December 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224093055/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/22/biden.lkl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He chaired Obama's transition team<ref>{{cite news |title=Biden picks former Gore aide as chief of staff |work=Reuters |date=November 13, 2008 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4AC5EA20081113 |access-date=November 13, 2008 |first=Steve |last=Holland |archive-date=January 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103152957/http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4AC5EA20081113 |url-status=live }}</ref> and headed an initiative to improve middle-class economic well-being.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hornick|first1=Ed|last2=Levs|first2=Josh|date=December 21, 2008|title=What Obama promised Biden|work=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/21/transition.wrap/index.html|access-date=December 23, 2008|archive-date=December 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224052111/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/21/transition.wrap/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In early January 2009, in his last act as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, he visited the leaders of [[Iraq]], Afghanistan and [[Pakistan]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Carol E.|date=January 6, 2009|title='Senator' Biden's trip raises concerns|work=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/01/senator-bidens-trip-raises-concerns-017136|access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016194519/http://www.politico.com/story/2009/01/senator-bidens-trip-raises-concerns-017136|url-status=live}}</ref> and on January 20 he was sworn in as the 47th [[vice president of the United States]]<ref>{{cite news|date=January 20, 2009|title=In culminating moment, Biden is vice president|work=[[OregonLive.com]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2009/01/in_culminating_moment_biden_is.html|access-date=July 27, 2016|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101194210/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2009/01/in_culminating_moment_biden_is.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{mdashb}}the first vice president from Delaware<ref>{{cite news|date=November 3, 2008|title=Think you know your election trivia?|work=CNN|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/election.trivia/index.html|access-date=November 9, 2008|archive-date=November 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106075757/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/election.trivia/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first [[Roman Catholic]] vice president.<ref name="npr2008">{{cite news|date=January 9, 2009|title=The First Catholic Vice President?|agency=[[NPR]]|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/01/the_first_catholic_vice_presid.html|access-date=September 25, 2019|archive-date=September 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925060421/https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/01/the_first_catholic_vice_presid.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gaudiano|first=Nicole|date=November 6, 2008|title=VP's home awaits if Biden chooses|work=[[The News Journal]]|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081106/NEWS02/811060379|url-status=dead|access-date=November 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109060406/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081106/NEWS02/811060379|archive-date=November 9, 2008}}</ref>
Biden criticized President Trump for his meeting with North Korea president [[Kim Jong-un]], despite this meeting avoiding a massive and destructive nuclear war. Biden and Obama failed to shutdown the nuclear program of North Korea and let North Korea get Nuclear power. Now Biden pretends that his policy will force North Korea to shut down nuclear power, without clarifying what this policy.<ref>[https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-09-17/how-would-team-biden-handle-showdown-north-korea How would Team Biden handle a showdown with North Korea?]</ref> With the rise of the Biden junta and ousting of President Trump, North Korea announced its intention to build more nuclear weapons.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-s-kim-threatens-build-more-nukes-bring-u-n1253625</ref>
====Iran====
In contradiction to his policy with North Korea, Biden will allow Iran, one of the world's main state sponsors of [[Islamic terrorism]], to get nuclear power. Biden also criticized President Trump for a quick act to assassinate terrorist and war criminal [[Qasem Soleimani]].<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-01-14/biden-trump-flat-out-lied-about-soleimani-dangers Biden: Trump 'Flat-Out Lied' About Soleimani Dangers ..]</ref> Biden plans to rejoin to [[Iranian nuclear deal]], canceled all sanctions on the Iranian regime and let them get money to support their terrorist militias.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-will-seek-to-reenter-iran-nuclear-deal-within-months-aide-says/ Biden will seek to reenter Iran nuclear deal within months, former aide says]</ref> The Mullahs' regime in Iran, like China, was one of first countries which welcomed the media declaration of the Biden junta.<ref>[https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/america-votes/iran-s-president-calls-on-biden-to-return-to-nuclear-deal-1.5179848 Iran's president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal]</ref>
[[File:President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden shake hands in the Oval Office following a phone call with House Speaker John Boehner securing a bipartisan deal to reduce the nation's deficit and avoid default.jpg|thumb|right|President Obama congratulates Biden for his role in shaping the [[United States debt ceiling|debt ceiling]] deal which led to the [[Budget Control Act of 2011]]]]
====Syria====
On the day of its seizure of power, the junta ordered the invasion of [[Syria]].<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/large-us-convoy-rolled-syria-1st-day-biden-presidency</ref> On Day 36 the junta conducted unauthorized airstrikes killing 22 people.<ref>https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2516518/us-conducts-defensive-precision-strike/</ref> A [[Bernie Sanders|Sanders]] aide, Matt Duss who reportedly was in line to for a senior State Department tweeted, "Congress has not authorized war in Syria".<ref>https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/in-line-for-senior-job-at-state-sanders-aide-accuses-biden-of-illegal-military-action/</ref>
Biden oversaw [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009#Infrastructure Investment|infrastructure spending from the Obama stimulus package]] intended to help counteract the [[Late-2000s recession|ongoing recession]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Scherer|first=Michael|date=July 1, 2009|title=What Happened to the Stimulus?|work=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1908417,00.html|access-date=July 8, 2009|archive-date=January 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109095116/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1908417,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During this period, Biden was satisfied that no major instances of waste or corruption had occurred,<ref name="pol091609" /> and when he completed that role in February 2011, he said the number of fraud incidents with stimulus monies had been less than one percent.<ref>{{cite news|last=Travers|first=Karen|date=February 17, 2011|title='Sheriff Joe' Biden Touts Recovery Act Success—and Hands Over His Badge|work=[[ABC News]]|url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/02/sheriff-joe-biden-touts-recovery-act-success-and-hands-over-his-badge.html|url-status=dead|access-date=March 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221153327/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/02/sheriff-joe-biden-touts-recovery-act-success-and-hands-over-his-badge.html|archive-date=February 21, 2011}}</ref>
====Russia====
Biden portrays his policy as being more tough against Russia than [[President Trump]]'s has been,<ref>[https://thehill.com/policy/international/russia/522773-kremlin-biden-encouraging-hatred-of-russia Kremlin: Biden encouraging hatred of Russia]</ref> although this policy under the [[Obama regime]] was to let Russia expand into the Crimea and the [[Middle East]]. Under an [[Obama]] era policy, islamist groups like the [[Islamic State]] were allowed to expand in Syria but US ally [[Free Syrian Army]] was ordered not to engage Syrian or Russian troops. This allowed Russia to greatly expand influence in the region. It is likely that the [[Biden Junta]] will restore this policy.
====Cuba====
Biden planning to reestablish relations with Communist [[Cuba]]. He will also turn a blind eye on their human rights violations.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/u-s-cuba-relations-under-a-biden-administration U.S.-Cuba relations and a Biden administration]</ref>
==Controversy==
===Unity===
Biden portrays himself after the 2020 election theft as a "president" who will unite Republicans and Democrats. In contradiction to what he says, Biden has very little [[tolerance]] for people who oppose him. He called Trump supporters "Chumps",<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/10/24/biden-rips-trump-supporters-as-chumps-at-pa-drive-in-rally/ Biden calls Trump supporters ‘chumps’ at Pennsylvania drive-in rally]</ref> "ugly folks",<ref>[https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-snaps-calls-minnesota-trump-supporters-ugly-folks/ Biden Snaps, Calls Minnesota Trump Supporters 'Ugly Folks'</ref> "racists",<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/17/biden-wants-end-to-demonization-but-wheres-his-apo/ Biden wants end to 'demonization,' but where's his apology for calling Trump and supporters racists?]</ref> "virulent people" and "dregs of society".<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-calls-trump-supporters-dregs-society-joseph-curl Joe Biden Calls Trump Supporters ‘Virulent People,’ The ‘Dregs Of Society’]</ref> He also called a pro-Second Amendment and civilian worker in Detroit "full of sh*t" and threatened to fight him as a thug,<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/biden-tells-detroit-auto-plant-worker-hes-full-of-sht-on-gun-control/ar-BB10ZJcS Biden Tells Detroit Auto Plant Worker He's 'Full of Sh*t' on Gun Control]</ref> and fat shamed a civilian voter when the voter pressed on Hunter Biden's business deals.<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/15/flashback-joe-biden-fat-shamed-iowa-voter-when-pressed-on-hunters-business-deals/ FLASHBACK: Joe Biden Fat-Shamed Iowa Voter When Pressed On Hunter’s Business Deals]</ref> He also falsely called Republicans senators [[Ted Cruz]] and [[Josh Hawley]] "Nazis".<ref>[https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/01/08/biden-likens-ted-cruz-to-nazi-propagandist-goebbels-for-helping-trump-spread-big-lie-about-election-fraud/ Joe Biden likens Ted Cruz to Nazi propagandist Goebbels for helping Trump spread ‘big lie’ about election fraud]</ref> Biden also embraces many far-Left thoughts like the abortion issue, immigration policies and his refusal to denounce terrorist [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] acts, which makes it impossible for him to unite the division.
===Sexual misconduct against women===
:{{See also|Tara Reade}}
[[File:Tarareade2.png|right|300px|thumb|Biden and Tara Reade. Beginning in 1993 Reade made credible allegations about being assaulted and penetrated by Joe Biden and was hounded out of her job in his Senate office in retaliation for doing so.<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2020/05/12/poll-bidens-support-among-women-drops-after-tara-reades-sexual-assault-allegations/</ref>]]
<center>{{cquote|I'm a tactile politician.|||Joe Biden, March 2019<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?458705-1/joe-biden-i-progressive-record-run</ref>}}</center>
Tara Reade is a former aide to Senator Joseph R. Biden.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmVUQ7ii3_4</ref> Reade filed sexual penetration and assault charges against Biden.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-woman-who-accused-biden-of-sexual-assault-files-criminal-complaint-with-police/</ref> Biden, a supposed [[women's rights]] advocate and author of the [[Violence Against Women Act]] which the [[Supreme Court]] found unconstitutional, is the original founder of the 'Believe All Women' movement when in 1991 he hastily arranged the [[racial]]ly-motivated [[Anita Hill]] hearings to against [[Justice Clarence Thomas]]. [[Washington, D.C.]] [[police]] are actively investigating the allegations of [[rape]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/reade-sexual-assault-allegation-against-biden-remains-open-investigation-says-d-c-police</ref>
Reade has been trying to tell her story since it happened in 1993. It's a story about sexual assault, digital penetration which is [[rape]], retaliation, and silencing.
Then in January 2020 Reade tried to come forward again. This time she contacted Times Up Now, the sexual harassment organization. Ryan Grim at ''The Intercept'' reported the organization claimed they could not help her because Joe Biden was a candidate for federal office and supporting a case against him could jeopardize their nonprofit status.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/</ref> They also pointed out that the public relations firm that works on behalf of the Times Up Now Legal Defense Fund is SKD Knickerbocker, and SKDKnickerbocker managing director is former [[Obama]] [[White House]] Communication's director, the notorious [[Maoist]] and [[liberal]] apologist for [[mass murder]], [[Anita Dunn]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14tfnIkQ-qU</ref> Dunn is the top adviser to Joe Biden.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/04/back-to-the-future-biden-hires-anita-dunn-former-obama-adviser-who-praised-mao/</ref>
In other words, Times Up Now, an alleged women's support group, and Anita Dunn will take political dirt on their enemies, and give a heads up to their allies. In the case of Tara Reade, Dunn used Reade to vault herself into Biden's inner orbit and a cushy job in the future Biden administration. It was no surprise when Biden appointed Dunn his chief advisor in January 2020 before the [[2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary]], since Dunn now had the goods on Biden. Given Biden's mental incapacity questions have surged as to who really is in charge. Anita Dunn, the woman who considers the greatest mass murderer the planet has ever known as her "favorite philosopher', appears to hold that trusted position.
Reade's allegations against Biden have been publicly corroborated by multiple people with whom she discussed the incident in the mid-1990s.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/former-neighbor-corroborates-joe-bidens-accuser-2020-4</ref> When Reade first came forward in April 2019 along with 7 other accusers, Sen. Kamala Harris said, "I believe them and I respect them being able to tell their story and having the courage to do it.''<ref>https://twitter.com/KingsleyCortes/status/1254863230054199296</ref>
Biden is known for [[Left-wing war on women|his sexual misconduct and bad behavior with multiple women and little girls]], like touching, kissing and hair smelling without their consent.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-allegations-women-2020-campaign-2019-6?op=1 Here are all the times Joe Biden has been accused of acting inappropriately toward women and girls]</ref> Several videos show Biden's inappropriate behavior with women and especially little girls. Several women have accused Biden of sexual misconduct.<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/8-women-have-accused-joe-biden-of-sexual-misconduct-inappropriate-touching 8 Women Have Accused Joe Biden Of Sexual Misconduct, Inappropriate Touching]</ref>
===Disrespecting troops===
Biden has one of the worst records of politicians of being insulting to American soldiers. In September 2016 at Dhafra base in [[Saudi Arabia]], he called soldiers who refused to applaud him "stupid bastards".<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/29/yes-joe-biden-called-u-s-troops-stupid-bastards-heres-the-video/ Yes, Joe Biden Called U.S. Troops “Stupid Bastards” — Here’s The Video]</ref> The Biden campaign confirmed the authenticity of the video, but Biden then denied the truth of that video. After Biden used troops to guard his junta installment, he disrespected them by forcing them to sleep in a cold garage.<ref>[https://www.barrons.com/news/outrage-after-troops-protecting-us-capitol-forced-to-sleep-in-parking-garage-01611330005 Outrage After Troops Protecting US Capitol Forced To Sleep In Garage]</ref>
===ISIS===
Biden created a controversy with his speech at [[Harvard University]] in October 2014, when he talked about [[ISIS]] power rising and the countries which support ISIS which happened under his and Obama administration watch.<ref>[https://tennesseestar.com/2020/10/26/joe-biden-to-harvard-in-2014-theres-nothing-special-about-being-american/ Joe Biden to Harvard in 2014: ‘There’s Nothing Special About Being American’]</ref>
===Speech stealing===
Biden is known for his speech stealing from multiple politicians in world. He plagiarized speeches from [[Bobby Kennedy]],<ref>[https://kprcradio.iheart.com/featured/the-pursuit-of-happiness/content/2019-05-23-watch-johnny-carson-mocks-joe-biden-for-stealing-speeches-in-1987/ Watch: Johnny Carson Mocks Joe Biden For Stealing Speeches in 1987]</ref> British politician Neil Kinnock,<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/three-decades-after-joe-biden-stole-his-speech-neil-kinnock-endorses-his-2020-bid Three decades after Biden stole his speech, Neil Kinnock endorses his 2020 bid]</ref> and Canadian politician and [[New Democratic Party]] leader Jack Layton.<ref>[https://thenewamerican.com/biden-caught-plagiarizing-again-acceptance-speech-pilfered-canadian-s-words/ Biden Caught Plagiarizing Again. Acceptance Speech Pilfered Canadian’s Words]</ref>
==Mental health==
Biden apparently has [[dementia]].<ref>[https://redstate.com/bonchie/2020/10/12/watch-joe-bidens-probable-dementia-was-on-full-display-today-n262206 Watch: Joe Biden's Probable Dementia Was on Full Display Today]</ref> Biden has symptoms of dementia like forgetting basic facts of his own, like forgetting how many grandchildren he has,<ref>[https://redstate.com/bonchie/2020/08/17/joe-biden-forgets-how-many-grand-children-he-has-again-n251481 Joe Biden Forgets How Many Grandchildren He Has...Again]</ref> thinking that he is running for the [[United States Senate|Senate]], not the US presidency,<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-repeats-gaffe-that-hes-running-for-the-senate-appears-to-not-remember-mitt-romneys-name Biden repeats gaffe that he's running 'for the Senate,' appears to not remember Mitt Romney's name]</ref> forgetting that he is running against President Trump, not George Bush,<ref>[https://www.toddstarnes.com/politics/biden-appears-to-forget-trumps-name-tells-reporter-hes-running-against-a-guy-named-george/ Biden Appears to Forget Trump’s Name, Tells Reporter He’s Running Against a Guy Named “George”]</ref> getting his wife confused with his sister,<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/joe-biden-mistakes-his-wife-his-sister Joe Biden Mistakes His Wife for His Sister]</ref> and even forgetting where he is.<ref>[https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-goes-blank-stare-forgetting-tries-fails-pass-off-joke/ Biden Goes Into Blank Stare After Forgetting Where He Is, Tries and Fails To Pass It Off as Joke]</ref> Critics of Biden have derided what they describe as clownish and buffoonish behavior by him in the public eye over the years<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/04/biden_the_buffoon.html Biden, the buffoon] at the American Thinker</ref> and have attributed that behavior, which likely predates his selection by Barack Obama to be his running mate, to his advancing senility and dementia.<ref name="Biden Dementia">[https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2020/10/03/is-joe-bidens-sometimes-bizarre-behavior-a-sign-of-dementia/ Is Joe Biden’s Sometimes Bizarre Behavior a Sign of Dementia?
]</ref> Despite all of these symptoms, Democrats deny anything about Biden's dementia, and allow someone mentally disqualified to be President of the United States,<ref>[https://thedailycoin.org/2020/08/09/democrats-endgame-is-beyond-strange-with-dementia-biden-in-severe-mental-decline-the-plan-is-to-get-him-elected-but-never-let-him-assume-the-duties-of-president/ Democrat’s Endgame Is Beyond Strange: With Dementia-Biden In Severe Mental Decline, The Plan Is To Get Him Elected But Never Let Him Assume The Duties Of President]</ref> while Biden apologists make excuses for him and attack his critics by accusing them of "ageism" and "ignorance".<ref name="Biden Dementia"/>
Biden has had two brain surgeries, and his speech is occasionally slurred in pronouncing common words. In addition to his socialist views Biden has had a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which likewise can cause permanent brain damage.<ref>https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/subarachnoid-hemorrhage/symptoms-causes/syc-20361009</ref> Biden may also have an undisclosed debilitating physical illness, such as myeloma, which would explain his bone fractures implausibly described to the public as related to merely walking his dog.
Biden was [[Second inauguration of Barack Obama|inaugurated to a second term]] on January 20, 2013, at a small ceremony at [[Number One Observatory Circle]], his official residence, with Justice [[Sonia Sotomayor]] presiding (a public ceremony took place on January 21).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/20/us-usa-inauguration-biden-idUSBRE90J08B20130120 | title=Vice President Biden sworn into office for second term | last=Rampton|first=Roberta | work=Reuters | date=January 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122062434/https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/20/us-usa-inauguration-biden-idUSBRE90J08B20130120| archive-date=January 22, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Biden played little part in discussions that led to the October 2013 passage of the [[Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014]], which resolved the [[2013 United States federal government shutdown|federal government shutdown of 2013]] and the [[United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013|debt-ceiling crisis of 2013]]. This was because Senate majority leader [[Harry Reid]] and other Democratic leaders cut him out of any direct talks with Congress, feeling Biden had given too much away during previous negotiations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/anatomy-of-a-shutdown-098518 |title=Anatomy of a shutdown |last1=Bresnahan |first1=John |last2=Manu |first2=Raju |last3=Sherman |first3=Jake |last4=Brown |first4=Carrie Budoff |newspaper=Politico |date=October 18, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115185529/https://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/anatomy-of-a-shutdown-098518 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/13/biden-mostly-out-of-sight-during-shutdown-showdown/2968373/ |title=Biden mostly out of sight as shutdown drags on |last=Gaudiano |first=Nicole |newspaper=USA Today |date=October 13, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082716/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/13/biden-mostly-out-of-sight-during-shutdown-showdown/2968373/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/biden-takes-back-seat-in-budget-negotiations-during-shutdown | title=Biden takes a back seat during budget negotiations over shutdown | last=Bowman | first=Bridget | work=PBS NewsHour | publisher=PBS | date=October 14, 2013 | access-date=January 24, 2021 | archive-date=January 3, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082723/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/biden-takes-back-seat-in-budget-negotiations-during-shutdown | url-status=live }}</ref>
During CNN town hall in 17 February 2021 Biden claimed that he didn't have COVID Vaccine when he took office.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-claims-we-didnt-have-a-covid-vaccine-when-he-took-office/ Biden Claims ‘We Didn’t Have’ a COVID Vaccine When He Took Office]</ref> He didn't remember that he himself took the vaccine on 21 December 2020, one month before occupying the office.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-receives-covid-19-vaccination Biden receives COVID-19 vaccination]</ref> Six weeks after the seizure of power, a [[Rasmussen Poll]] of likely voters showed 50% said they were not confident that “Joe Biden is physically and mentally up to the job of being president of the United States.”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/day-49-half-the-nation-worried-biden-not-physically-and-mentally-up-to-the-job</ref>
Biden's Violence Against Women Act was reauthorized again in 2013. The act led to related developments, such as the [[White House Council on Women and Girls]], begun in the first term, as well as the [[White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault]], begun in January 2014 with Biden and [[Valerie Jarrett]] as co-chairs.<ref name="Report">{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/sexual_assault_report_1-21-14.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121105625/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/sexual_assault_report_1-21-14.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=January 21, 2017 |title=Rape and sexual assault: A renewed call to action |date=January 2014 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=August 24, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/22/memorandum-establishing-white-house-task-force-protect-students-sexual-a | title=Memorandum: Establishing White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault | date=January 22, 2014 | access-date=June 10, 2014 | archive-date=January 22, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122115707/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/22/memorandum-establishing-white-house-task-force-protect-students-sexual-a | via=[[NARA|National Archives]] | work=[[whitehouse.gov]] | url-status=live }}</ref> Biden discussed federal guidelines on sexual assault on university campuses while giving a speech at the University of New Hampshire. He said, "No means no, if you're drunk or you're sober. No means no if you're in bed, in a dorm or on the street. No means no even if you said yes at first and you changed your mind. No means no."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hayes|first=Dianne|year=2012|title=Looking The Other Way?|journal=Diverse: Issues in Higher Education}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Elaine Grant |title=Federal Effort Targets Sexual Assaults At Colleges |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/04/05/135135544/federal-effort-targets-sexual-assaults-at-colleges |access-date=April 5, 2019 |work=National Public Radio NPR |date=April 5, 2011 |quote=BIDEN: Look, guys, no matter what a girl does, no matter how she's dressed, no matter how much she's had to drink, it's never, never, never, never, never OK to touch her without her consent. |archive-date=April 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405205021/https://www.npr.org/2011/04/05/135135544/federal-effort-targets-sexual-assaults-at-colleges |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ashe Schow |title=Biden Reaps the #MeToo Whirlwind |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-reaps-the-metoo-whirlwind-11554419738 |access-date=April 5, 2019 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 4, 2019 |quote=While speaking to students at the University of New Hampshire in 2011, then-Vice President Joe Biden told men in the audience that 'no matter what a girl does, no matter how she's dressed, no matter how much she's had to drink—it's never, never, never, never, never OK to touch her without her consent.' |archive-date=April 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405063733/https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-reaps-the-metoo-whirlwind-11554419738 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==2020 Presidential campaign==
[[File:Biden 2020.png|right|350px|thumb|The Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, California was defaced with [[swastika]]s, Biden 2020, upside down crosses and [[BLM]] imagery by leftist vandals putting their inner fascists on full display.<ref>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/chaldean-catholic-cathedral-vandalized-in-san-diego-with-white-power-blm-and-swastikas-29343]</ref>]]
:{{See also|Joseph Biden 2020 presidential campaign|United States presidential election, 2020|Democrat election fraud}}
On April 25, 2019, Biden announced his candidacy against President Trump in 2020 and was the immediate Democrat Party frontrunner.<ref>Biden is considered the [[Konstantin Chernenko]] of the modern [[Left]].</ref>
[[File:Dominion logo.png|left|240px|thumb|[[Dominion Voting Systems]] logo: Red ballots in, Blue ballots out.]]
Biden received 66 million votes nationwide;<ref>https://rumble.com/vcwop9-rsbn-exclusive-interview-with-mike-lindell-on-his-white-house-visit-yesterd.html</ref><ref>https://www.deepcapture.com/2021/01/draft-1-0-the-inside-story-of-the-steal/</ref> however, Democrat election officials manufactured an additional 13 million fraudulent mail-in ballots<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/breaking-huge-simple-math-shows-biden-claims-13-million-votes-eligible-voters-voted-2020-election/</ref> giving the appearance of a [[Blue Mirage]].<ref>https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2020/11/10/does-anyone-really-think-that-americans-elected-this-senile-nazi-president/</ref><ref>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/our-mail-in-elective-dictator/</ref>
More than 26% of [[African American]]s refused to allow Biden to put them back in chains and exited the [[Democrat plantation]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-media-are-very-disappointed-in-hispanic-voters</ref> Credible [[rape]] allegations and failing cognitive skills of the Democrat nominee were largely ignored by the [[liberal media]].<ref name="lawandcrime.com">https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/new-evidence-appears-to-corroborate-tara-reades-sexual-assault-claim-against-joe-biden-video/</ref> Former [[Bernie Sanders]] co-chair Nina Turner said voting for Joe Biden is like eating "a bowl of s***."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/how-trump-could-win-reelection/612205/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/aOGJOlnli0c</ref>
Biden never [[List of tie-breaking votes cast by vice presidents of the United States|cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate]], making him the longest-serving vice president with this distinction.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=February 7, 2017|title=Pence Has Already Done Something Biden Never Did: Break A Senate Tie|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/pence-has-already-done-something-biden-never-did-break-a-senate-tie/|website=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|quote=Twelve vice presidents, including Biden, never broke a tie; Biden was the longest-serving vice president to never do so.|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103082937/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/pence-has-already-done-something-biden-never-did-break-a-senate-tie/|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:VP Biden with Pence.jpg|thumb|left|Biden with Vice President-elect [[Mike Pence]] on November 10, 2016]]
In the immediate aftermath of a record number of [[Latino]]s voting for President Trump, Biden's former boss, Barack Obama, launched a vile and racist attack on people of [[Hispanic]] heritage.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/barack-obama-blasts-hispanics-who-voted-for-trump-they-ignored-the-presidents-racism-because-they-oppose-gay-marriage/</ref> A common question circulating on social media was, "Who did you for, Trump or that senile old racist?"
===Role in the 2016 presidential campaign===
===The largest voter fraud organization ever===
[[File:2020 Turnout.jpeg|left|350px|thumb|Dozens of documented examples of election shenanigans.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/dozens-of-documented-examples-of-election-shenanigans/</ref>]]
:{{See also|Cloward-Piven strategy|Voter fraud|Ballot harvesting|2020 Voter fraud timeline}}
The probability of mail-in voter fraud creating chaos after Election Day, November 3, 2020, is very real. Some states may force residents to use mail-in ballots during the current health emergency. Voting by mail makes it easier to commit [[fraud]], intimidate voters, and destroy the protections of the secret ballot. Without the oversight of election and polling officials, mail-in ballots are the ballots most vulnerable to being altered, stolen, or forged. Fraud by duplicate voting can occur, once by absentee or mail-in ballot, and then again in person. Employees of private companies hired to contact and register voters have been known to change party affiliations of voters and forge signatures on voter registration forms, among other things.
When Democrats want to tilt elections in their favor outside the ballot box, [[Marc Elias]] of [[Perkins Coie]] is the go-to guy. Perkins Coie is the Democratic law firm, paid by [[2016 Hillary Clinton campaign|the Hillary Clinton campaign]], that hired [[Fusion GPS]] to dig up dirt on Donald Trump in 2016. They failed, but still compiled the ''[[Steele dossier]]'' full of foreign-solicited lies about Trump and Russia, which was leaked by Obama intelligence officials to try to sabotage the new president’s administration, sow doubt in his election victory, and invalidate the votes of 63 million Americans. From [[Wisconsin]] to [[Nevada]], to [[California]], Marc Elias and the Democrats pushed lawsuits disguised as “election reform” to water down important election safeguards and increase the opportunity for fraud, abuse, and corruption. In August 2020 ''[[Politico]]'' reported,
{{quotebox|[[File:Early morning ballot dumps Nov. 4, 2020.png|right|350px|thumb|Four highly anomalous ballot dumps highlighted in yellow account for the "win" in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia and represent forty-two electoral votes.<ref>https://votepatternanalysis.substack.com/p/voting-anomalies-2020</ref>]][[Coronavirus]] has turned the Democratic Party’s voter contact program, one operative said, into something more like a tech support operation than a traditional door-knocking effort.....[[Priorities USA]], the Democratic super PAC, is spending $24 million on voter mobilization, which includes vote-by-mail education. Fair Fight, a group founded by [[Stacey Abrams]], has rolled out voter protection programs in 17 states....
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the USPS and on mail-voting is raising concern among voters, operatives say.
“We've seen such an increase from young people in terms of concern about their ballot casting,” said Jared DeLoof, the states director of [[NextGen America]], which targets younger voters. “They want to vote, they want to make sure that that vote is going to count.” [...]
Democrats believe they will also have to follow up with some voters after their ballot has been cast, in an effort to help them fix ballots that have been rejected for technical reasons. State rules vary widely on if or how voters can correct their ballots, and the time windows to do so can be short.
While Democrat campaigns and groups navigate the patchwork of state rules governing mail ballots to encourage turnout, Democrat election attorney Marc Elias is trying to change many of those rules.
This is the other half of the party’s vote-by-mail efforts: a sprawling legal effort that spans every battleground state and is costing tens of millions of dollars. Priorities USA, just one of Elias’ clients, has expanded its voting litigation budget to $32 million.
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“One of the features of vote by mail is that between the point that the voter cast the ballot and the point that the ballot is counted, several things have to go right,” Elias said in an interview. “One is that the ballot has to be received by the election officials in time. ... And the second is that the ballot needs to be verified and accepted.”
Elias, who was the lead attorney in former Sen. [[Al Franken]]’s (D-Minn.) 2008 recount victory and the general counsel for [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[John Kerry]]’s presidential campaigns, is pursuing what he calls “four pillars” of legal changes to election laws during coronavirus. The first, that mail ballots should include paid postage with them, has some cross-partisan support.
[[File:Joe Biden kickoff rally May 2019.jpg|thumb|Biden at his presidential kickoff rally in [[Philadelphia]], May 2019]]
The other three do not, locking Elias in a wide-range legal fight with Republicans all over the country, including the Republican National Committee and its legal budget of at least $20 million. Those fights are over Elias’ push to mandate that states count ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after the fact; overhauling signature matching laws, which Elias derides as based on pseudoscience; and allowing for third parties to collect and turn in voters’ sealed absentee ballots, which Democrats call “community collection” and Republicans largely deride as “[[ballot harvesting]].”
“One thing you do is you make sure that people whose ballot is being challenged based on signature matching, that the people that are doing that have been trained, are applying uniform non-discriminatory standards. And most importantly, the voter is notified and has an opportunity to cure,” Elias said of his legal strategy. (A cure process mandates that a state contacts voters whose ballots have been rejected to give them the ability to fix — or cure — their ballot.)
Several Democrat-backed lawsuits have also pushed to expand who can cast absentee ballots. In 44 states, any voter can, at a minimum, request an absentee ballot if they choose to do so, and some states have changed that requirement as a response to the pandemic. [...]
Republicans argue that allowing for outside parties to collect and deliver ballots could lead to coercion or fraud. [...]
Depending on how close the races for the White House and battleground Senate seats are, "we could be headed for a ''[[Bush v. Gore]]'' situation in every battleground state, depending how close the results are."<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/democrats-vote-by-mail-plan-399671</ref>}}
The RNC and the Trump campaign pushed back against the Democrats’ assault on the integrity of elections. All across the country, Democrats tried to use coronavirus and the courts to legalize ballot harvesting, implement a nationwide mail-in ballot system, and eliminate nearly every safeguard in our elections.
One in five mail in ballots have been rejected in several 2020 elections. Nearly two-thirds (62%) say there is fraud in U.S. elections, and that fraud would concern them under Democrats’ nationwide mail-in ballot system. Americans overwhelmingly approve of the safeguards Democrats are suing to eliminate like signature matching (84%), voter identification (80%), and a ballot receipt deadline of election day (83%). Voters also oppose (67%) allowing campaign workers to collect mail-in ballots, also known as ballot harvesting.<ref>https://www.protectthevote.com/</ref>
===Biden-Burisma and Big Tech election interference===
[[File:Biden text.png|right|300px|thumb|Biden family text with Hunter telling his sister Naomi that thier "Pop" Joe Biden received 50% of the Burisma [[kickback]]s.<ref>https://thespectator.info/2020/10/15/unlike-pop-joe-biden-i-wont-make-you-give-me-half-of-your-salary-video/</ref>]]
[[File:Biden payments.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Documents show payments from Burisma to Hunter Biden.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2019/11/06/breaking-source-reveals-hunter-biden-took-off-the-books-payments-from-burisma-aided-by-fbi-coverup/</ref><ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2019/11/12/here-are-the-payments-to-hunter-biden-leaked-from-ukraine/</ref><ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hunter-biden-served-as-ceremonial-figure-on-burisma-board-for-80000-per-month/</ref><ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/leaked-bank-records-confirm-burisma-biden-payments-morgan-stanley-account</ref>]]
For first time in [[American history]] [[social media]] companies took [[direct action]] against a major U.S. publisher,<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/twitter-and-facebooks-assault-on-freedom-of-the-press_3540670.html</ref> ''[[The New York Post]]'' when it published a story on former VP Biden's [[collusion]] with [[Burisma]] executives and Ukrainian [[oligarch]]s.<ref>*https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/<br>*https://youtu.be/r4Kcc7a114I<br>*https://youtu.be/89ByR-vrnc4</ref> ''The Post'' is among the top five newspapers by circulation in the United States.
[[Big Tech]] giants Facebook and Twitter began interfering in the presidential election by blocking links to the article on the [[Biden-Burisma]] scandal.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/14/election-interference-facebook-suppressing-new-york-post-bombshell-story-of-damaging-hunter-biden-emails/</ref> Facebook and Twitter have many foreign stockholders.<ref>"Finalized January of 2011, the transaction included a $450 million investment from Goldman Sachs, $50 million from DST, and $1 billion from unnamed foreign investors." http://whoownsfacebook.com/#Goldman<br>*https://qz.com/519388/this-saudi-prince-now-owns-more-of-twitter-than-jack-dorsey-does/</ref> Former [[James Comey]] general counsel [[James A. Baker (DOJ)]], who was complicit in the [[Obamagate timeline|Obamagate]] and [[FISA abuse]] scandals, is [[Twitter]]'s lead counsel.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/twitter-hires-former-fbi-chief-counsel-as-deputy-lawyer/</ref>
One email from a Burisma executive reads,
{{quotebox-float|“Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent [sic] some time together. It’s realty [sic] an honor and pleasure.”}}
Former Vice President Biden has repeatedly [[lied]] about having any knowledge of his son Hunter's dealings with Burisma. Hunter Biden earned in excess of $3 million while serving on Burisma's board of directors during the [[Obama administration]]. The former vice president bragged to the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] that he threatened the President of Ukraine with withholding $1.8 Billion in foreign aid and loan guarantees, which the former vice president was in charge of, unless a [[prosecutor]] investigating Burisma [[kickback]]s to the Biden family was fired.
A firestorm erupted over Big Tech censorship of the news and calls for repealing their [[Section 230]] immunity. [[YouTube]] began banning dozens of top [[Conservative]] channels.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8844807/YouTube-BANS-QAnon-videos-crackdown-conspiracy-theories.html</ref> [[Twitter]] continued banning people who posted the [[Hunter Biden]] story.<ref>https://www.wnd.com/2020/10/twitter-now-banning-users-posting-ny-post-story-hunter-biden/</ref> Twitter banned White House Press Secretary [[Kayleigh McEnany]] for sharing the Hunter and Joe Biden corruption article.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/15/twitter-bans-white-house-press-secretary-for-sharing-hunter-and-joe-biden-corruption-article/</ref>[[Senate Judiciary Committee]] announced Twitter CEO [[Jack Dorsey]] will be [[subpoena]]ed over [[censorship]] of ''[[NY Post]]''.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/senate-judiciary-committee-will-subpoena-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-over-ny-post-censorship/</ref> [[Wikipedia]] editors censored the Hunter Biden Bombshell, and called the ''New York Post'' an ‘unreliable’ source.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/wikipedia-editors-censor-hunter-biden-bombshell-call-new-york-post-unreliable-source/</ref> Twitter locked the Trump Campaign account less than 3 weeks before the 2020 Presidential election.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/politics/2020/10/15/twitter-locks-trump-campaign-account-less-than-3-weeks-before-presidential-election/</ref> Rep. [[Jim Jordan]] posted the [[Biden-Burisma]] story on a federal government website after Twitter censors House Judiciary GOP, at which point the link was promptly censored by Twitter.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/jim-jordan-posts-hunter-biden-burisma-story-twitter-censors-house-judiciary-gop/</ref> Twitter itself shut down completely.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/online/twitters-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-week-continues-massive-outage-right-before-presidential-town-halls/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/Dupm8W0sF8c</ref> [[Google]] was reported to be meddling in [[U.S. Senate]] elections.<ref>https://patriotdailypress.org/2020/10/13/google-researcher-warns-google-may-be-shifting-power-to-flip-senate/</ref> A [[Rasmussen Poll]] shortly after found 61% of Likely U.S. Voters now think the impact on politics of social media like Facebook and Twitter has been bad for the nation.<ref>https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/october_2020/61_think_social_media_bad_for_politics</ref>
Facebook and Twitter are no longer service carriers of electronic information, but rather now acting as publishers and broadcasters of news. Hence, their immunity from broadcasting [[libel]]ous information on their platforms - such as accusations of President Trump being a "Russian spy" for example - should be revoked. ''Yahoo News!'' reported:
{{quotebox|Instead of simply asking pertinent questions, or debunking the [New York] Post’s reporting, a media blackout was initiated. A number of well-known journalists warned colleagues and their sizable social-media audiences not to share the story. By the afternoon, Twitter had joined Facebook in suppressing the article, not only barring its users from sharing it with followers, but barring them sharing it through direct messages as well. It locked the accounts of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, the Post, and many others for retweeting the story.
Twitter initially cited its “Hacked Materials Policy” and a “lack of authoritative reporting” as justification for censoring the Post, one of the most widely read papers in the nation. Though the reliability of the story is yet to be determined, Twitter has offered no evidence that any of the information was illegally obtained. No similar standard was applied when the New York Times published Trump’s tax returns, even though anyone who had legal access to them is likely to have broken the law in sharing them with the Times. Whatever the case, it’s all in the public record now.
A healthy democracy with a properly functioning and independent press would debate, investigate, and rigorously fact check new information. They wouldn’t work to squelch a story. It’s certainly not the job of giant tech companies who claim to function as neutral platforms to decide what news consumers can or can’t handle.
The most generous reading of Twitter and Facebook’s actions is that the rules are evolving, messy, and inadvertently unfair. A less generous — but more plausible — reading is that the tech giants single out specific stories damaging to progressives’ preferred presidential candidate.
It will backfire.
For one thing, it further damages the reputation of Big Tech. For another, it renders the industry more susceptible to a new regulatory regime already being championed by some in Congress. Mostly, however, it just makes the story they’re trying to suppress a far bigger deal.<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/twitter-facebook-shameful-repression-york-010644456.html</ref>}}
[[Glenn Greenwald]] writing in ''The Intercept'' remarked,
{{quotebox-float|"It has been astonishing to watch Democrats over the last twenty-four hours justify this censorship on the grounds that private [[corporation]]s are entitled to do whatever they want."}}
Google saw a spike in searches for ‘can I change my vote’ after the release of a Hunter Biden sex tape.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/google-searches-can-change-vote-spike-following-hunter-biden-sex-tape-release/</ref> The ''New York Post'', [[Gateway Pundit]]'', and Big League Politics all were placed on Twitter's suspension hit lit the final week before election day.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/big-league-politics-gateway-pundit-new-york-post-among-news-outlets-placed-on-twitter-suspension-weeks-before-election/</ref>
A study from the [[Media Research Center]] showed that Twitter and Facebook censored President Donald Trump and the president’s affiliated campaign accounts at least 65 times in 2019 and 2020, while leaving Biden untouched.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/19/new-study-shows-facebook-and-twitter-censored-trump-65-times-biden-zero/</ref>
===The laptop from hell: Hunter becomes the hunted===
[[File:Hunter Biden with meth pipe.jpeg|right|175px|thumb|Hunter Biden with [[methamphetamine|meth]] pipe.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2020/10/14/cdmedia-reporting-since-nov-on-biden-crime-family-confirmed-leftist-media-enablers-attack/</ref>]]
The former vice president's son, Hunter, never visited Ukraine, did not speak Ukrainian, had no experience in the oil and gas industry, received over $50,000 a month in wire transfers from Burisma in which he paid half to his father,<ref>https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/10/15/howie-carr-hunter-biden-scandal-too-hot-for-alt-left-media/</ref> was dishonorably discharged from the [[Navy]] for [[cocaine]] [[addiction]], returned a rental car with crack and paraphernalia in it,<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/17/exclusive-2016-arizona-police-report-cocaine-pipe-found-in-car-rented-by-joe-bidens-son-hunter-biden-authorities-declined-to-prosecute/</ref> had a baby out of wedlock whom he refused to pay child support for until ordered by a court while he was having an affair with his [[widow]]ed sister-in-law.<ref>https://nypost.com/article/inside-the-life-of-hunter-biden-joe-bidens-scandal-plagued-son/</ref> Biden was paid $3.5 million from the wife of the [[Moscow]] mayor to launder $200 million in violation of the [[Magnitsky Act]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/maybe-just-like-gettin-ass-whooped-black-trump-supporter-posts-epic-takedown-black-biden-supporters/</ref> Tens of thousands of dollars in payments to an [[Eastern Europe]]an prostitution and human tafficing ring were also discovered.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/megan-fox/2020/09/23/senate-report-links-hunter-biden-to-human-trafficking-ring-n959766</ref> Professor [[Jonathan Turley]] noted the obvious facts:
{{quotebox-float|“The Bidens appear to have lied for years as a raw influence-peddling scheme worth millions stretched from China to Ukraine to Russia...Moreover, these countries likely have had the compromising information all along while the Bidens — and the [[media]] — were denying reports of illicit activities”.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/521517-censoring-the-biden-story-how-social-media-becomes-state-media</ref>}}
Senate lawmakers formally requested the [[Department of Justice]] to appoint a special counsel to investigate foreign payments to the Biden family:
{{quotebox-float|"These alleged revelations raise serious questions about former Vice President Joe Biden's reported participation with his son's business, dealings, specifically whether the former vice president (1) received foreign monies during his tenure in the Obama administration and (2) if former Vice President Biden allowed his son to peddle access to his father with foreign business entities.
We request that the Department of Justice immediately appoint an independent, unbiased special counsel to investigate the issues that we have raised — as well as any corresponding legal or ethical issues that might be uncovered from the former vice president's 47 years in public office,<ref>https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/two-huge-new-developments-emerge-hunter-biden-laptop-saga</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-biden-response-hunter-biden-emails-business-dealings</ref>}}
In a recorded call made sometime after Ye Jianming, Hunter's business partner, went missing in February 2018, Hunter is heard speaking in an agitated tone,
{{quotebox|"I get calls from my father to tell me that ''[[The New York Times]]'' is calling, but my old partner, Eric, who literally has done me harm for I don’t know how long, is the one taking the calls because my father will not stop sending the calls to Eric. I have another ''New York Times'' reporter calling about my representation of Patrick Ho – the f****** spy chief of China who started the company that my partner, who is worth $323 billion, founded and is now missing. The richest man in the world is missing who was my partner. He was missing since I last saw him in his $58 million apartment inside a $4 billion deal to build the f****** largest f***** LNG port in the world. And I am receiving calls from the Southern District of New York from the U.S. attorney himself. My best friend in business, Devon, has named me as a witness, without telling me, in a [[criminal]] case — and my father, without telling me."<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1321184369562759172</ref>}}
==2009–2017: Vice presidency==
[[File:Shovelready.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]] ]]
===Recovery Summer===
:{{See also|Recovery Summer}}
{{Main|Political positions of Joe Biden}}
Biden was placed in charge of promoting the [[Obama regime]]'s alleged [[Recovery Summer]] which never materialized.<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/administration-kicks-recovery-summer-with-groundbreakings-and-events-across-country Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country], The [[White House]], Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.</ref> It was a failed attempt to highlight the Democrat Congress's [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], or "[[economic stimulus]] program. During the so-called 'Recovery Summer', the workforce shrank, [[unemployment]] swelled, and [[economic growth]] slowed to less than 2%. More Americans fell victim to Democrat economic policy and by the [[2010 Midterm election]] sweep no less than 27,000,000 people were unemployed or underemployed.
Biden is considered a [[moderate Democrat]]<ref>{{Cite news |first=John |last=Kruzel |url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/may/06/joe-biden/joe-biden-claims-he-was-staunch-liberal-senate-he-/ |date=May 6, 2019 |title=Biden says he was a staunchly liberal senator. He wasn't |website=[[PolitiFact]] |access-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506170707/https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/may/06/joe-biden/joe-biden-claims-he-was-staunch-liberal-senate-he-/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and a [[centrist]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Sean|title=Be warned Joe Biden – centrism is no longer a safe haven in politics|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/biden-president-trump-centrism-keir-starmer-b1721977.html|work=The Independent|date=November 15, 2020|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217015836/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/biden-president-trump-centrism-keir-starmer-b1721977.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hook|first=Janet|title=Picking Harris, Biden puts centrist stamp on Democrats' future|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-08-12/harris-biden-different-generation-similar-political-instinct|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 12, 2020|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=December 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214182536/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-08-12/harris-biden-different-generation-similar-political-instinct|url-status=live}}</ref> More recently, he has been characterized as shifting to the left.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Paul |last1=Waldman |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/16/how-joe-biden-is-moving-left-while-still-being-seen-moderate/ |title=Opinion {{!}} How Joe Biden is moving left while still being seen as a moderate |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 16, 2020 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118085134/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/16/how-joe-biden-is-moving-left-while-still-being-seen-moderate/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first1=Perry Jr. |last1=Bacon |title=The Pandemic Has Pushed Biden To The Left. How Far Will He Go? |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-pandemic-has-pushed-biden-to-the-left-how-far-will-he-go/ |website=FiveThirtyEight |date=May 21, 2020 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=December 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228141121/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-pandemic-has-pushed-biden-to-the-left-how-far-will-he-go/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shifting farther to the left, Biden is now a Bernie Bro |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/08/08/shifting-farther-to-the-left-biden-is-now-a-bernie-bro/ |website=Boston Herald |access-date=January 21, 2021 |date=August 8, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114094708/https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/08/08/shifting-farther-to-the-left-biden-is-now-a-bernie-bro/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has a lifetime [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] 72% score from the [[Americans for Democratic Action]] through 2004, while the [[American Conservative Union]] gave him a lifetime [[conservatism in the United States|conservative]] rating of 13% through 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kiely|first=Kathy|date=September 12, 2005|title=Judging Judge Roberts: A look at the Judiciary Committee|newspaper=USA Today|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2005-09-11-judiciarycommitteeprofiles_x.htm|url-status=live|access-date=August 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517220915/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2005-09-11-judiciarycommitteeprofiles_x.htm|archive-date=May 17, 2020}} See also: {{cite web|title=2008 U.S. Senate Votes|url=http://www.acuratings.org/2008senate.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330124737/http://www.acuratings.org/2008senate.htm|archive-date=March 30, 2009|access-date=March 20, 2009|publisher=[[American Conservative Union]]}} Lifetime rating is given.</ref>
During 'Recovery Summer' 393,000 jobs were destroyed according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,<ref>https://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref1</ref> unemployment rose,<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=UNRATE</ref> and [[economic growth]] slowed from 5.7% to 1.6%.<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=GDPC1</ref> The number counted by the [[Department of Labor]] as unemployed at the start of Recovery Summer was 14,599,000 Americans in July 2010; by September there were 14,767,000 Americans looking for work. 168,000 more unemployed than before President Obama and Vice President Biden announced Recovery Summer had begun.<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/RichGalen/2010/10/29/relapse_summer</ref>
===Influence peddling===
[[File:Hunter-Obama-1024x717.png|right|300px|thumb|Hunter Biden meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office.<br>''Official White House Photograph'']]
:{{See also|Biden crime family}}
Five months into the Obama regime in June 2009 [[Hunter Biden]] and Chris Heinz, son of Joe Biden and stepson of Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair [[John Kerry]] formed Rosemount Seneca. The firm partnered with the Thornton Group run by James Bulger, and the Bank of China, to form [[Bohai Harvest RST]] (BHR) in China. [[Devon Archer]] is a longtime friend of former Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] and of stepson Chris Heinz and James Bulger, the nephew of notorious Boston gangster [[Whitey Bulger]].<ref><small>Whitey Bulger was the head of the [[Boston]] Irish [[mafia]] who enjoyed federal protection under FBI director [[Robert Mueller]] as an informant.<br>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335614/Trial-Boston-mob-boss-James-Whitey-Bulger-gets-underway-family-victims-say-look-eye.html<br> Bulger was convicted of 19 murders that occurred while under Mueller's protection; some have linked the Bulger clan to as many as 52 murders while Mueller was U.S. Attorney in Boston.<br>https://www3.bostonglobe.com/metro/1970/01/19/one-lingering-question-for-fbi-director-robert-mueller/613uW0MR7czurRn7M4BG2J/story.html?arc404=true<br> Whitey Bulger was murdered in prison at the age of 89 a few months before the Mueller Report was released.</small></ref>
The Bank of China is owned by the Chinese government and closely connected with the Chinese military and intelligence services. Biden, Heinz, and Archer transferred and sold "duel use" technology to the Chinese military which was used to create the Chinese [[drone]] program and replicate the Chinese version of the [[F-15]] fighter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/</ref>
Bohai Harvest RST (BHR) invested in an app the Chinese leftwing Communist regime is using to surveil ethnic minority [[Muslim]]s in western China. Over one million Muslims living in the region are now incarcerated in Chinese [[gulag]]s.
==Distinctions==
====Biden-Ukraine scandal====
:{{See also|Biden-Ukraine scandal}}
Vice President [[Joe Biden]] oversaw the disbursement of $1 billion allocated by the U.S. to the new government of Ukraine. In 2014, Biden's son [[Hunter Biden]], was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, the largest oil and gas company in Ukraine. Hunter Biden was hired by [[Mykola Zlochevsky]], who served as Ukraine's ecology minister in the previous administration. Hunter Biden was paid $166,000 per month. The money was split with the nephew of [[Whitey Bulger]].
Biden also received the Chancellor Medal (1980) and the George Arents Pioneer Medal (2005) from [[Syracuse University]].<ref name="nd051009">{{cite news |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-us-biden-commencement,0,5937836.story |title=Biden tells Syracuse University graduates they have special opportunity to help shape history |last=Kates |first=William |work=Newsday |date=May 10, 2009 |access-date=May 11, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=2601 |title=Five SU alumni to be honored with Arents Awards |publisher=[[Syracuse University]] |date=May 25, 2005 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907182627/http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=2601 |archive-date=September 7, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Zlochevsky came under investigation by the new administration for alleged embezzlement of $5 billion while ecology minister. The prosecutor traced payments made to Hunter Biden. Vice President Biden threatened the new Ukrainian administration to withhold $1 billion in U.S. allocated funds unless the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden was fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/corruption-ukraine-joe-biden-son-hunter-biden-ties.html</ref>
Biden bragged about having caused the firing of the [[Ukraine]] prosecutor to a [[CFR]] conference.
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]
U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Joe Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine. Biden threatened Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending Ukraine toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter. Biden recounted,
{{quotebox-float|"'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}
Yuriy Lutsenko, who replaced Shokin as the prosecutor looking into Burisma, said the evidence in the Burisma case he'd like to present to [[William Barr]], particularly the vice president's intervention.
Biden is an inductee of the [[Delaware Volunteer Firemen's Association]] Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvfassn.com/awards.cfm?id=2 |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=[[Delaware Volunteer Firemen's Association]] |access-date=September 16, 2008 |archive-date=December 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229140350/http://www.dvfassn.com/awards.cfm?id=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was named to the [[Little League Hall of Excellence]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.littleleague.org/learn/museum/World_of_Little_League/HallofExcellence.htm |title=Hall of Excellence |publisher=[[Little League Baseball]] |access-date=April 10, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430225626/http://www.littleleague.org/learn/museum/hallofexcellence.htm |archive-date=April 30, 2010 }}</ref>
Between April 2014 and October 2015, more than $3 million was paid out by Burisma to an account linked to Biden's and [[Devon Archer]]'s Rosemont Seneca firm, according to the financial records placed in a federal court file in Manhattan in another case against Archer. The bank records show that, on most months when Burisma money flowed, two wire transfers of $83,333.33 each were sent to the Rosemont Seneca–connected account on the same day. The same Rosemont Seneca–linked account typically then paid Hunter Biden one or more payments ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each. Ukrainian prosecutors reviewed internal company documents and wanted to interview Hunter Biden and Archer about why they had received such payments, but couldn't because of Joe Biden's intervention.
In a text message from Hunter Biden to his sister Naomi, Hunter said their father, "Pop", takes 50% of his salary.<ref>https://www.redstate.com/scotthounsell/2020/10/15/october-surprise-giuliani-reveals-texts-from-hunter-saying-biden-got-half-of-his-contracts/</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/rudy-giuliani-releases-text-message-hunter-biden-daughter-naomi-unlike-pop-joe-biden-wont-make-give-half-salary-video/</ref>
On June 25, 2016, Biden received the [[Freedom of the City]] of [[County Louth]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Louth County Council Bestows Freedom of County Louth on The US Vice President Joe Biden |url=https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/louth_county_council/latest-news/louth-county-council-bestows-freedom-of-county-louth-on-the-us-vice-president-joe-biden.html |publisher=Louth County Council |access-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112185333/https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/louth_county_council/latest-news/louth-county-council-bestows-freedom-of-county-louth-on-the-us-vice-president-joe-biden.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
On September 4, 2019, former Prosecutor General [[Victor Shokin]] made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref>
====Eric Ciaramella====
[[File:Ciaramella.png|left|150px|thumb|Deep State informant Eric Ciaramella, an alleged second-hand hearsay "whistleblower."]]
[[Deep State]] informant [[Eric Ciaramella]] was assigned to the Obama [[White House]] by [[Russia collusion hoax]] mastermind [[John Brennan]]..He was detailed to the staff of [[National Security Council]] [[Susan Rice]] and Vice President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>http://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/wp-content/uploads/current-pdf/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_2015-47.pdf</ref> Ciaramella worked on Ukrainian issues for Biden in 2015 and 2016 during the time Biden was the "point man" handing out U.S. taxpayer cash to Ukraine.
Ciaramella worked with [[Democratic National Committee]] operative [[Alexandra Chalupa]] to dig up dirt on the [[2016 Trump campaign|Trump campaign]] during the [[2016 presidential election]]. Ciarmella invited Chalupa into the [[Obama]] White House for meetings.<ref>https://archive.usukraine.org/coalition/report-wh-press-conf-events.shtml</ref> Chalupa a key figure behind manufacturing the [[Russia collusion hoax]] and in the [[Ukrainian collusion scandal]] with the [[Atlantic Council]] and [[Crowdstrike]]. Ciaramella set the Trump [[impeachment inquiry]] in motion.
In May 2017, Ciaramella was instrumental in helping generate the “Putin fired Comey” narrative. A Ciaramella email the day after Comey's firing ended up in the media, which is reported to have allegedly called Comey “crazy, a real nut job.” Ciaramella is said to have argued that “[[President Putin]] suggested that President Trump fire Comey.” In the days after Comey's firing, this presidential action was used to further political and media calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate supposed ‘Russia collusion.’ Ciaramella was dismissed from the Trump White House in June 2917 and accused of illegal [[leak]]s and working against the interests of the [[United States]] government. Ciaramella returned to the CIA.
In August 2019 The Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG), [[Michael Atkinson]], referred to Ciaramella as one who has
:“some indicia of an arguable political bias … in favor of a rival political candidate"
The ICIG was severely criticized for changing the rules at the last minute and allowing a third-party "[[whistleblower]]" [[hearsay]] complaint.
==Electoral history==
====Senate investigation====
[[File:Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter).jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter)<ref>https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/who-devon-archer-ukrainian-gas-executive-playing-g/</ref>]]
Senate investigators concluded,
{{quotebox|The records acquired by the Committees show that Hunter Biden and his family were involved in a vast financial network that connected them to foreign nationals and foreign governments across the globe. Hunter Biden and Archer, in particular, formed significant and consistent financial relationships with the corrupt oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky during their time working for Burisma and their firms made millions of dollars from that association while Joe Biden was vice president and the public face of the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy. Rosemont Seneca Thornton, an investment firm co-founded by Hunter Biden, received $3.5 million in a wire transfer from Elena Baturina, who allegedly received illegal construction contracts from her husband, the former mayor of Moscow. Moreover, Archer’s apparent receipt of money for a car from Kenges Rakishev of [[Kazakhstan]] while Vice President Biden was in Kyiv is especially concerning in light of the timing. And finally, Biden and Archer’s work with Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime illustrate the deep financial connections that accelerated while his father was vice president and continued after he left office.
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Biden and Archer found willing partners in Chinese nationals connected to the Communist regime. Their work in China began at least in 2009, with the creation of Rosemont Seneca Partners with Heinz, Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson. Then, several years later, Biden and Archer formed [[BHR]] with Bohai Capital and received their business license approval in China shortly after Biden visited China with his father, Vice President Biden.
Hunter Biden’s connections and financial associations appear to have accelerated significantly after he associated himself with Ye Jianming, who had deep connections with the Communist regime and [[PLA]]. However, that didn’t seem to have any impact on Hunter Biden, who made millions from the relationship. Indeed, Hunter Biden and his family, to include James and Sara Biden, associated with other Chinese nationals such as Gongwen Dong. In one case, the three of them went on a $100,000 global spending spree after Gongwen Dong and Hunter Biden opened a joint account. In addition, Hunter Biden received millions of dollars over a period of years from Gongwen Dong’s companies. According to records acquired by the Committees, many of these transactions involved potential criminal financial activity.<ref>[https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S.Government Policy and Related Concerns], U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, September 23, 2020, p. 84.</ref>}}
The $3.5 million from the wife of the [[Moscow]] mayor was payment for $200 million [[money laundering]] scheme to circumvent the [[Magnitsky Act]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/maybe-just-like-gettin-ass-whooped-black-trump-supporter-posts-epic-takedown-black-biden-supporters/</ref> No record of Hunter Biden filing as a lobbyist or agent of a foreign power under the [[FARA]] Act exists.<ref>https://uncoverdc.com/2020/09/26/when-did-hunter-biden-and-associates-file-as-foreign-agents-under-the-fara-act/</ref>
==References==
===Guccifer 2.0===
{{Reflist}}
[[File:Biden and Flood.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Biden and Flood with their wives.<ref>[https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/02/loaded-for-guccifer-aims-for-a-romanian-guccifer-2-0/ Say “Hi” To Guccifer 2.0], Adam Carter, ''Disobedient Media'', February 24, 2018.</ref>]]
:{{See also|Hillary Clinton email scandal|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
On June 15, 2016 the first Guccifer 2.0 document was created by [[Warren Flood]] at 13:38 EDT, modified by [[Феликс Эдмундович]] (Felix Edmunovich, the Russian patronymic of Felix Edmunovich Dzerzhinsky, founder of the [[KGB]] - a blatantly amateurish attempt to create Russian fingerprints) thirty minutes later at 14:08 EDT. Warren Flood was Joe Biden's former IT director at the White House. A document that Flood authored in 2008, and that was attached to one of [[John Podesta]]'s emails, was used by Guccifer 2.0 as a template into which he then copied the contents of the Trump Opposition Research, copied from this file:<br>https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/fileid/26562/7365 (which is also attached to [https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26562 this leaked email]). It is Flood's document that the "CONFIDENTIAL" text in the background derives from.
A document that Warren Flood authored in 2008, and was attached to one of [[John Podesta]]'s leaked emails, was used by Guccifer 2.0 as a template into which he then copied the contents of the DNC's ''Trump Opposition Research'' document. It was copied from this file: https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/fileid/26562/7365 which is also attached to [https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26562 this leaked email]. It is Flood's document that the "CONFIDENTIAL" text in the background derives from.
Guccifer 2.0 was a [[2016 Hillary Clinton campaign]] [[false flag]] operation set up to discredit the [[DNC]] revelations at [[Wikileaks]]. Adam Carter writes, {{quotebox|"one particular group would have been particularly desperate precisely at that time, for the emergence of a narrative about Russian hackers to discredit proper leaks / justify claims that all leaks are 'probably doctored' and they will have very likely known [Warren] Flood too. That group is the Clinton Campaign.<br>As of June 12th, [2016] they were in a position where [[Julian Assange]] had just announced WikiLeaks' upcoming release of [[Hillary Clinton email scandal|Hillary's emails]], she was still under [[FBI]] investigation, and [[Trump]] was attacking Hillary for her use of a private server with his supporters frequently chanting "lock her up!" at rallies.<br>The campaign was in a desperate position and really needed something similar to a Russian hacker narrative and one where they would be fortunate to have a seemingly clumsy hacker that leaves lots of 'fingerprints' tainting files and bringing the reputation of leaks into question... Sure enough, 2-3 days later, Guccifer2.0 - the world's weirdest hacker - was spawned and started telling lies in an effort to attribute himself to the malware discoveries, etc."<ref>http://g-2.spac/#7</ref>}}
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===Official===
==Early life and career==
:{{See also|Joe Biden early life and career}}
At 21, a [[radical]] [[subversive]] and treasonous Joe Biden breached the [[U.S. Capitol]] building, entered the Senate chamber, sat in the presiding officer's chair, and was arrested.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/bizarre-biden-recounts-being-arrested-after-trespassing-in-senate-chamber-in-old-video/</ref>
===Other===
==See also==
* {{C-SPAN|Joseph Biden}}
*[[Ukrainian collusion timeline]]
*[[Race baiting]]
*[[Left-wing violence under the Biden junta (2021)]]
* [https://www.politifact.com/personalities/joe-biden/ Joe Biden] at [[PolitiFact]]
* {{Britannica|1336937|Joe Biden (president of the United States)}}
==References==
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*[http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Joe_Biden.htm Biden On the Issues]
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*[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/b000444/ Voting Record], [[Washington Post]]
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*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000444, Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
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*[https://youtu.be/V0WA590kY64 Hilarious Proof Joe Biden is a Racist; Charlamagne the God is a Liar & will Tim Scott be President], LONNELHARRISLIVE 2, May 28, 2020, YouTube,com.
*[http://www.joebiden.com/ Presidential Race Site]
*[https://twitter.com/todosconbiden/status/1187125647644286976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Todos Con Biden]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM8uLOOUz3I Joe Biden - Here's the Deal]
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*[https://youtu.be/ra6u39U1wZ4 Biden Islamic Outreach Video]
*[https://youtu.be/JRmlcEBAiIs RIDING THE DRAGON: The Bidens' Chinese Secrets (Full Documentary)], Peter Schweizer, BlazeTV, Sep 4, 2020.
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