• Democrat Joe Biden is the Vice President of the United States. He took the oath of office around 12 p.m. on the Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009. Biden was the senior Senator from Delaware and the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations before Barack Obama's campaign announced that Biden would be the Illinois Senator's running mate in his campaign for President.CNN.com: Obama picks Joe Biden as VP nominee (August 23, 2008)

  • Biden Announcement on Stimulus Funds

    Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood announced that every state has targeted a minimum of 50 percent of the stimulus package funding directed towards them. Transportation and infrastructure was a major part of the $787 billion package. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/morning-fix-scoring-the-sanfor.html?wprss=thefix

  • Oversight Committee

    In President Obama's February 24, 2009 speech about the economy and recovery, Obama named Vice President Biden as the head of an oversight committee designed to streamline the government, because, in his words, "nobody messes with Joe."Huffington Post: Text of Obama Speech (February 24, 2009)

  • Double Victory

    In addition to winning the vice-presidency, Biden won re-election to his 7th term as a Delaware Senator.MSNBC: Biden Wins Senate Reelect. Now What? (November 4, 2008) The state's new Democratic Governor, Jack Markell, selected Ted Kaufman to replace the seat. Kaufman was sworn into office on January 16, 2009.MSNBC: Biden Wins Senate Reelect. Now What? (November 4, 2008) wistv: Biden Senate seat filled by longtime aide (January 16, 2009)

  • Congressional Career

    Biden ran for the Senate after practicing law for a few years in Wilmington, Delaware, and took office on January 3, 1973. He was the fifth-youngest U.S. Senator in United States history, at age 30. From 1987 until 1995, Biden chaired the Judiciary Committee, presiding over the controversial Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Robert Bork (who was not confirmed) and Justice Clarence Thomas.

    In his time on the Foreign Relations Committee, he was a strong advocate of Bill Clinton's intervention in the Balkans, calling Slobodan Milosevic a "war criminal," and backed the Bush Administration's call for the invasion of Iraq.

    In January 2009, Biden went to the Middle East and visited the countries Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. The visit was not officially announced. Biden made the visit less than two weeks before taking office as vice president and while being chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.International Herald Tribune: Bombings in Iraq as Biden arrives (January 12, 2009)

  • Runs for President

    Biden entered the 1984, 1998 and 2008 presidential races. Biden dropped out in 1988 after aides to eventual Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis released a tape to the press of Biden plagiarizing a stump speech.

    In 2008, after making a string of gaffes (including referring to Barack Obama as "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy") and performing poorly in the 2008 Iowa Caucus, Biden again dropped out of the race.CNN: Biden's description of Obama draws scrutiny (February 9, 2007)

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