Following is an introduction to U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden:
Candidate status: Announced
Filed a statement of candidacy with the FEC on Jan. 31, 2007
Current job: U.S. senator from Delaware
Birth date: Nov. 20, 1942; Scranton, Pennsylvania
Family: Married Jill Tracy Jacobs (1977-present); Neila Hunter (1966-1972, died). Children: Joseph "Beau"; Robert; Amy (1971-1972); Ashley (1981). Five grandchildren.
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education: University of Delaware, B.A., 1965; Syracuse University, J.D., 1968
Career:
1968-1972: Practiced law in Delaware.
1970-1972: Elected to the New Castle County Council and served one term.
1972: Elected U.S. senator; his sixth term is up in 2008, making him Delaware's longest-serving senator.
1987: Ran for 1988 Democratic presidential nomination but dropped out over charges of plagiarism in a stump speech.
2007: Resumed role as chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Other Facts:
In 1988, Biden suffered an aneurysm and nearly died but has recovered fully.
One of Biden's grandfathers was a state senator in Pennsylvania, according to the Almanac of American Politics.
Shortly after Biden won his Senate seat in 1972, his first wife and daughter were killed in a car accident.
Biden was only 29 when elected to the U.S. Senate, but reached the constitutionally required age of 30 by the time he was sworn-in two months later.
Source:Xinhua
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