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[[Image:06 biden.gif|thumb|right|200px|Joseph Biden]] '''Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.''' (born 20 November 1942) is [[Senator Obama]]'s Vice Presidential running mate in the [[2008 Presidential election]].  

[[Image:06 biden.gif|thumb|right|200px|Joseph Biden]] '''Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.''' (born 20 November 1942) is the senior Senator from [[Delaware]]. In August 2008, Barack Obama selected him as the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential nominee for the [[2008 Presidential election]].  

A member of the [[Democratic]] Party, Biden currently serves as the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and

 

is the senior U.S. Senator from [[Delaware]] (since 1972).

Biden currently serves as the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and is the senior U.S. Senator from [[Delaware]] (since 1972). Biden is a self-described northeast [[liberal]] and in 2007 was ranked as the third most liberal U.S. Senator by the non-partisan National Journal. He previously ran for President in 1988 but dropped out of the race after admitting he had [[plagiarism#Joe Biden|plagiarized ]] a speech by a British MP.<ref>

Biden is a self-described northeast [[liberal]] and an admitted [[plagiarism#Joe Biden|plagiarist]].<ref>

[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50116538.html?FMT=FT&dids=50116538:50116538&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+20,+1987&author=JOHN+HARWOOD&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Biden's+way+with+words+now+seems+to+be+a+liability&pf=1 Biden's way with words now seems to be a liability] - St. Petersburg Times - Sep 20, 1987</ref> Joe Biden's son Beau, who was elected Attorney General of Delaware in 2006, is currently serving in Iraq.

[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50116538.html?FMT=FT&dids=50116538:50116538&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+20,+1987&author=JOHN+HARWOOD&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Biden's+way+with+words+now+seems+to+be+a+liability&pf=1 Biden's way with words now seems to be a liability] - St. Petersburg Times - Sep 20, 1987</ref> He is also known as a long-winded orator. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/veepstakes]. In 2007, the non-partisan National Journal ranked Joe Biden as the third most [[liberal]] U.S. Senator.

==Early Life and Education==

==Early Life and Education==

Joe Biden was born in Scranton, [[Pennsylvania]] and grew up in New Castle County, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965, and from the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. (At Syracuse Law School, it is said that he had plagiarized a law review article in a class paper he wrote. Although he was permitted to retake the course after receiving an F.)

Joe Biden was born in Scranton, [[Pennsylvania]] and grew up in New Castle County, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965, and from the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. (At Syracuse Law School, it is said that he had plagiarized a law review article in a class paper he wrote. Although he was permitted to retake the course after receiving an F.)