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Biden wanted to give up politics after losing his wife and children

His word would get stuck. Even after that, the schoolboy could not be removed from the place of leadership. Friends used to follow him in one word. Every year the responsibility of ‘class president’ is tied to him. After many decades, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is the President of the United States today.

Biden was born on November 20, 1942, in Pennsylvania, USA. His father Joseph R. Biden Sr and mother Catherine Finnegan Biden were of Irish descent. Biden’s family oil business. The affluent family suffered a sudden financial loss in the 1950s. Biden’s father, Joseph R. Biden Sr., could not recover from the loss. As a result, Biden was at his uncle’s house for a few years after his birth.

Joe Biden grew up in a middle-class Catholic family with two brothers and a sister. He was the eldest of the siblings. Biden received his early education at the Archmere Academy in Clement. Although he did not have much interest in studies, he was keen on football and baseball. He also continued to play football at the university. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965. The subjects were history, political science and English. He received his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. He was ranked 76th out of 85 students. Although he did not make much progress on the merit list, Biden was released this time from the stuttering problem of school life. He later said in an interview that he got rid of this problem by standing in front of the mirror and reciting poetry for a long time.

Biden’s first job was at a Wilmington law firm. The head of the firm was Republican William Patrick. Democrats headed Biden’s next workplace law firm. Biden also became an active Democrat in his vicinity. Biden was then gradually overshadowed by his political entity. After serving on the county council, he first took part in the fight to become a senator in 1972. Success in the first attempt. In 1972, he became a junior senator from Delaware.

Meanwhile, his first wife Neilia and baby daughter Naomi died in a road accident. Biden married educator Neilia Hunter in 1966. On December 18, 1972, Neilia was driving to buy a Christmas tree. They had three children with them. His car collided with the truck on the way. Neilia and little Naomi died on the spot.

Biden’s eldest son, Beau Biden, also entered politics. He died of brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46. The youngest son, Robert Hunter Biden, is a lawyer and investment adviser. Biden lost interest in life after the untimely deaths of Neilia and Naomi. He also thought of staying away from politics. Biden credits his second wife, Jill Tracy Jacobs, with bringing him back to life.

In his long political career, Biden was a Delaware Democrat senator from 1973 to 2009. After that, Biden was the Vice President for two terms from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama.

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