JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN, JR.

[White House]

1942-

47th Vice President (2009-2017); 46th President (2021- )

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
Misquotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: University of Delaware, Syracuse Law School

Occupation: Lawyer

Political Affiliation: Democrat

Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic

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References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links

Books

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Works by Joe Biden

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, Random House, 2007
Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, Flatiron Books, 2017

Biographies

Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes, Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency, Crown, 2021
Xander Cricket, Joe Biden: A Neowonk Guide to the Vice President of the United States, CreateSpace, 2009
Franklin Foer, The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future, Penguin, 2023
Gabriel Debenedetti, The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama, Henry Holt, 2022
Steven Levingston, Barack and Joe: The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership, Hachette, 2019
Evan Osnos, Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now, Scribner, 2020
Ben Schreckinger, The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty Years of Tragedy, Scandal, and Triumph, Twelve, 2021
Chris Whipple, The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House, Scribner, 2023
Jeff Wilser, The Book of Joe: The Life, Wit, and (Sometimes Accidental) Wisdom of Joe Biden, Three Rivers Press, 2017
Jules Witcover, Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption, William Morrow, 2010
Bob Woodward & Robert Costa, Peril, Simon & Schuster, 2021

Articles

Links

Works by Joe Biden

Joseph R. Biden (American Presidency Project)
Eulogy for James Strom Thurmond (American Rhetoric)
Democratic Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech (American Rhetoric)
Address to the 2013 American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (American Rhetoric)
Address on Decision to Not Run for President (American Rhetoric)
Address at the Public Memorial for John Glenn (American Rhetoric)
Presidential Medal of Freedom Acceptance Address (American Rhetoric)
Presidential Campaign Transition Remarks on Incoming Administration's COVID-19 Relief Efforts (American Rhetoric)
Presidential Inaugural Address (American Rhetoric)
America's Place in the World: First Foreign Policy Speech as U.S. President (American Rhetoric)
Remarks on the Coup in Burma/Myanmar (American Rhetoric)
Address at a Pfizer Manufacturing Site (American Rhetoric)
Address on One Year Anniversary of Coronavirus Shutdown (American Rhetoric)
Address to the Nation on Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal (American Rhetoric)
On Sanctions Against and Bilateral Relations With Russia (American Rhetoric)
Address to the Nation on the Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict (American Rhetoric)
First Presidential Address to a Joint Session of Congress (American Rhetoric)
Address to U.S. Air Force Personnel at RAF Station Mildenhall (American Rhetoric)
Voting Rights Address at the National Constitution Center (American Rhetoric)
Address on the Revolutionary Events in Afghanistan (American Rhetoric)
Address on COVID-19 Pandemic and Getting Booster Shot (American Rhetoric)
Press Conference on Afghanistan Evacuation Efforts (American Rhetoric)
Press Conference on Tropical Storm Henri and the Ongoing Evacuation Efforts in Afghanistan (American Rhetoric)
Update on Build Back Better and the Ongoing Evacuation Efforts in Afghanistan (American Rhetoric)
Press Briefing Following the Kabul Airport Attack (American Rhetoric)
Address to the Nation on the End of the War in Afghanistan (American Rhetoric)
Address to the 76th Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (American Rhetoric)
Address to the Nation on the Threat of a Russian Incursion into Ukraine (American Rhetoric)
First Presidential State of the Union Address (American Rhetoric)
Warsaw Address (American Rhetoric)
Press Conference in Jerusalem at the 'Jerusalem Declaration' Signing Ceremony (American Rhetoric)
On the Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri (American Rhetoric)
Address to the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly (American Rhetoric)
Second Presidential State of the Union Address (American Rhetoric)
On Russian Invasion of Ukraine After One Year (American Rhetoric)
Address to the Nation on Averting Default and the Bipartisan Budget Agreement (American Rhetoric)
Oval Office Address to the Nation on the U.S. Response to Hamas Terrorist Attacks Against Israel and Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War (American Rhetoric)
On the Reported Death of Aleksey Navalny (American Rhetoric)
Second Presidential State of the Union Address (American Rhetoric)
2008 Vice Presidential Debate (Commission on Presidential Debates)
2012 Vice Presidential Debate (Commission on Presidential Debates)
2020 Debates (Commission on Presidential Debates)
Joe Biden's Twitter Feed

Biographical Sites

Joe Biden (POTUS)
Joseph Biden (American President)
Joe Biden (The White House)
Vice President Joe Biden (Obama White House)
BIDEN, Joseph Robinette, Jr., (1942 - ) (Biographical Directory of the US Congress)
Joe Biden, president-elect at last, was shaped by a very American Catholic faith (Religion News Service)
Joseph Biden (Medical History of the Presidents of the United States)