5 days ago · Joe Biden (born November 20, 1942, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is the 46th president of the United States (2021–25) and was the 47th vice president of the United States (2009–17) in the Democratic administration of Pres. Barack Obama. He previously represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate (1973–2009).

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (/ ˈbaɪdən / (listen) BY-dən; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. Before becoming president, he was the 47th vice president under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017. He was a senior U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009.

Known to most people as Joe Biden or simply Joe, he is the oldest person ever elected to the White House. ... In 2022, he signed gun control legislation requiring extensive background checks and ...

Dec 16, 2009 · Joe Biden (1942-), a man who spent nearly a half-century in public service as a senator and vice president, and who endured profound family loss, became the 46 th president of the United States...

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born on November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as World War II raged overseas. The first child of Catherine Eugenia “Jean” Finnegan Biden and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr., Joey, as he was known, was a scrappy kid …

Jan 20, 2025 · Joe Biden, in full Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., (born Nov. 20, 1942, Scranton, Pa., U.S.), 46th president of the U.S. (2021–25). After earning a law degree (1968) from Syracuse University in New York, he briefly worked as an attorney in Delaware before turning to politics.

Joe Biden graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council. In 1972, at the age of 29, he was elected to the United States Senate. Just weeks after the election, tragedy struck the Biden family.

Joe Biden's tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021, and ended on January 20, 2025. Biden, a member of the Democratic Party who previously served as vice president for two terms under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, took office after his victory in the 2020 presidential election over the incumbent president, Donald Trump of ...

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected the 46 th president of the United States after thirty-six years in the Senate and eight years as vice president. On January 20, 2021, at age 78, Biden became the oldest president in history to take oath of office.

Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate before becoming the 47th Vice President of the United States. On January 20, 2021, he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.