Vice President Joe Biden: A Timeline
Sept. 6 - Acceptance speech.
Oct. 11 - Vice Pres. Debate.
Nov. 6 - Obama-Biden ticket re-elected, defeating Romney-Ryan by 51.0% to 47.2%



Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day 74 years, 2 months.

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Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, June 2001-Jan. 2003. Nov. 5 - Re-elected to a sixth term in the U.S. Senate def. Ray Clatworthy 58.2% to 40.8%. Aug. 11 - Rules out bid for the 2004 Democratic nomination. >
Launches Unite Our States PAC.
Jan. 31 - Announces candidacy for president in video.
Promises to Keep (Random House, July 31)
 Jan. 3 - Ends presidential campaign after finishing 5th in IA.
Aug. 23 - Sen. Obama announces Biden as his running mate.
Nov. 4 - Elected 47th VPOTUS.
 Jan. 20 - Inauguration Day.
Feb. 23 - President Obama announces Biden to oversee implementation of the Recovery Act.
2000
2001
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2003
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2009

 
Nov. 6 - Re-elected to a fourth term in the U.S. Senate def. M. Jane Brady 62.7% to 35.8%. As chairman of the Judiciary Committee presides over Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings.

Sept. 13 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act signed into law. 
Nov. 5 - Re-elected to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate def. Ray Clatworthy 60.0% to 38.1%.

May - Youngest Senator ever to cast 10,000 votes.
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Daughter Ashley born.

Nov. 6 - Re-elected to the U.S. Senate def. John M. Burris 60.1% to 39.9%.

Chairman Judiciary Committee, 1987-95. 
June 9 - Announces presidential candidacy in Wilmington, DE.  > 
Sept. 23 - Withdraws. >		 Hospitalized for brain aneurysm and has emergency surgery.
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Serves on New Castle City Council, 1970-72.
Nov. 7 - Elected to the U.S. Senate at age 29 defeating inc. Sen. Caleb Boggs by 50.5% to 49.1%. 
Dec. 18 - Wife and daughter die in auto accident.



June 17 - Marries Jill Jacobs. Nov. 7 - Re-elected to the U.S. Senate def. James H. Baxter, Jr. 58.0% to 41.0%.
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Graduates from Archmere Academy in Claymont, DE.


Graduates from the University of Delaware, with a B.A. in history and political science. Marries Neilia Hunter (they have 3 children: Beau, Robert, Naomi).
Graduates from Syracuse University College of Law. Practices law in Wilmington, DE.
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Family moves to Delaware.

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Born Nov. 20, 1942 in Scranton, PA, oldest of four siblings.






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