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A Tribute to the history making life's walk of Joseph R Biden.
Photos: A brief look at Joe Biden through the years
November 20, 1942
Democrat Joe Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and sought to contrast his working-class roots with the affluent President Donald Trump.
Joe Biden, 1972
Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) carries both of his sons, Joseph R. III, left, and Robert H., during an appearance at the Democratic state convention last summer, 1972. At center is his wife Neilia Biden, who was killed in an auto crash, Dec. 20, 1972. With them are Governor-elect Sherman W. Tribbitt and his wife, Jeanne
January 12, 2017 -
President Barack Obama presents Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Joe Biden, 2017
February 1, 2017 - Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, launch the Biden Foundation, an organization that will work on seven issues: foreign policy; Biden's cancer initiative; community colleges and military families; protecting children; equality; ending violence against women; and strengthening the middle class.
February 7, 2017 - Is named the Benjamin Franklin presidential practice professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he will lead the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. He will also serve as the founding chair of the University of Delaware's Biden Institute, the university announces.
March 1, 2017 - Biden receives the Congressional Patriot Award from the Bipartisan Policy Center. He receives the honor in recognition of his work crafting bipartisan legislation with Republicans and Democrats.
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Get to know Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, finally triumph
Biden, 77, the oldest president-elect, sells himself as the experienced, empathetic elder statesman particularly suited to unifying a divided country.
How did Joe Biden do it? Examine the wide coalition that powered victory
Joe Biden's White House victory was powered by a broad and racially diverse coalition of voters driven to the polls by fierce opposition to President Trump and anxiety over a surging, deadly pandemic.
2020 through today, the rest is history as we all know it.
'It's Time To End This Forever War.' Biden Says Forces To Leave Afghanistan By 9/11
April 15, 2021NPR.
A man of his word ~
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A Tribute to the history making life's walk of Joseph R Biden. (Original Post)
Budi
Aug 2021
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Budi
(15,325 posts)2. Honestly this is just a smidge of Biden's long legacy
When his full bio is written for the archives someday, it will be measured in volumes, year after year.
"God love ya man" ~ joe biden
WA-03 Democrat
(3,047 posts)3. God Love You Joe!
Hes doing the hard work. The needed work.
Thanks for posting!
Go Joe Go!
Budi
(15,325 posts)4. "It'll be a wing in the Biden Library"
Link to tweet
It'll be a wing in the Biden Library. Should be, btw.
@Angry_Staffer
This speech is why I dont think Afghanistan ultimately hurts Biden.
Its not hard to see whats in his heart. The empathy is refreshing. And ultimately, most of us know he made the right decision.
That was a hell of a speech.
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Biden Delivers Remarks On Afghanistan
lees1975
(3,850 posts)5. Proof that someone can serve in politics for decades and not be corrupt or self-serving
A man of his word and of the people. This is what real leadership looks like.