

in Education, is a life-long educator and currently teaches at a community college in Northern Virginia. In 1977, Vice President Biden married Jill Jacobs. Senate at his sons' hospital bedside and began commuting to Washington every day by train, a practice he maintained throughout his career in the Senate. Vice President Biden was sworn in to the U.S. Just weeks after the election, tragedy struck the Biden family when Biden's wife, Neilia and their one-year-old daughter, Naomi, were killed and their two young sons critically injured in an auto accident. Then, at age 29, he became one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate.

He graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council. In 1953, the Biden family moved from Pennsylvania to Claymont, Delaware. Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., was born November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first of four siblings.

Senate before becoming the 47th and current Vice President of the United States. Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S.
