Joe Biden
2 proudest moments of Biden's political life (pre 2008)
(1) Ending genocide in the Balkans and (2) helping to pass the Violence Against Women Act
Religion
(Irish) Catholic
At age 13, he moved to
Mayfield, Delaware (middle-class community sustained by Dupont)
Birthday
November 20, 1942
Biden grew up in
Scranton, Pennsylvania (blue-collar city)
Attended this law school
Syracuse University Law School
In 1972, Biden became the fifth youngest....
US senator at age 30 (he was elected at age 29 - not yet old enough to be sworn in)
Attended this university
University of Delaware (played football and studied history and political science)
Issues that mattered to Biden while running for senate
Vietnam war, civil rights, women's rights, crime
In 2015, Biden lost his 46-year-old son ____ to brain cancer
Beau
In 1977, Biden married his second wife ___
Jill Biden
List the years that Biden has run for president
-1988 (plagiarism scandal) -2008 (never gained momentum in a field dominated by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama) -2020
A week before Christmas in ___, Biden's wife and three kids were involved in a terrible car accident
1972
Age
77 years old (would make him the oldest first term president)
As a child, he struggled with a ____
speech impediment