WASHINGTON DISTANT as it may now seem, with the Republican race dominating the news and President Obama sitting in the White House, the Democrats are not all that far from the tumult of another nominating contest themselves. No matter what happens on Election Day in November, when Mr. Obama wakes up the next morning, he will no longer be the future...
WASHINGTON Joe Biden is always ready to jump in as a character witness for Barack Obama. In the last presidential election, he offered effusive testimony that Obama was not too snooty to appeal to skeptical working-class voters. This time around, Biden is talking up Obama's spine, aiming to show that all traces of Obambi are gone and that the...
To the Editor: ''Just the Ticket,'' by Bill Keller (column, Jan. 9): What a dynamite idea to draft Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for vice president with President Obama in 2012! She has served ably and loyally as secretary of state in the Obama administration. She now has broad experience in both foreign and domestic affairs. She is smart,...
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (født 20. november 1942 i Scranton i Pennsylvania i USA), er den 47. vicepræsident i USA. Han er amerikansk advokat og politiker fra Wilmington i Delaware. Han er medlem af Det demokratiske parti og er senior-senator fra delstaten Delaware.
Joe Biden forsøgte både i 1988 og 2008 at blive Demokraternes præsidentkandidat, men afbrød under valgkampen. Han overvejede også at stille op i 2004, men gjorde det ikke.
Den 23. august 2008 blev det offentliggjort, at Biden skulle være Barack Obamas vicepræsidentkandidat ved det amerikanske præsidentvalg i 2008. Samtidigt er han på valg til senatet.
Joe Biden er irsk-amerikaner og katolik. Han fik tre børn med sin første kone, Neilia Hunter. Hun og det yngste barn døde i en bilulykke i 1972. I 1977 giftede Biden sig med Jill Tracy Jacobs, og de har et barn. Fold ud