Joe Biden

BIRTH NAME
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.

POLITICAL PARTY
Democrat

RELIGION
Roman Catholic

EDUCATION
University of Delaware BA 1965, Syracuse University JD 1968

VITALS
5 ft 11.5 in / 158.5 lbs

CAREER
1969 Public defender, Wilmington, Delaware
1971-73 New Castle County Councilor, Wilmington, Delaware
1973-2009 U.S. Senator, Delaware
2009-17 U.S. Vice President (Obama)
2017 Presidential Medal of Freedom
2017-19 Professor, University of Delaware

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
November 3, 2020
Popular: Biden 81,268,924 (51%) Donald Trump 74,216,154 (47%)
Electoral: Biden 306 Trump 232

VICE PRESIDENT
Kamala Harris (2021-25)

ADMINISTRATION
American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (2021); Inflation Reduction Act, COVID-19 pandemic ends, Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022); entertainment & auto industry strikes; Israel-Hamas war (2023).

SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
Ketanji Brown Jackson

FIRST LADY
Jill Tracy Jacobs Stevenson (Since 2021)

“I believe at our best America is a beacon for the globe. And we lead not by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.”
Victory speech as President-elect, Wilimngton, Delaware, November 7, 2020

Photograph of Joe Biden by Adam Schulz, 2021.