{"id":28263,"date":"2020-11-08T20:17:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T14:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/?p=28263"},"modified":"2020-11-08T20:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T14:32:23","slug":"a-brief-history-of-joe-biden-46th-president-of-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/?p=28263","title":{"rendered":"A brief history of Joe Biden, 46th President of USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><table class=\"infobox vcard\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">\n<div class=\"fn\">Joe Biden<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Joe_Biden_official_portrait_2013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f4\/Joe_Biden_official_portrait_2013.jpg\/220px-Joe_Biden_official_portrait_2013.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f4\/Joe_Biden_official_portrait_2013.jpg\/330px-Joe_Biden_official_portrait_2013.jpg 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f4\/Joe_Biden_official_portrait_2013.jpg\/440px-Joe_Biden_official_portrait_2013.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Joe Biden official portrait 2013.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"275\" data-file-width=\"3277\" data-file-height=\"4096\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Official portrait, 2013<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\"><a title=\"President-elect of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President-elect_of_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President-elect of the United States<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><b>Assuming office<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nJanuary 20, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Vice President<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Kamala Harris\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kamala_Harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>\u00a0(elect)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Succeeding<\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">47th\u00a0<a title=\"Vice President of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vice_President_of_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice President of the United States<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><b>In office<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nJanuary 20, 2009\u00a0\u2013 January 20, 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">President<\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Barack Obama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Preceded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Dick Cheney\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dick_Cheney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dick Cheney<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Succeeded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Mike Pence\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Pence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Pence<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\"><a title=\"United States Senate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Senator<\/a><br \/>\nfrom\u00a0<a title=\"Delaware\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delaware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delaware<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><b>In office<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nJanuary 3, 1973\u00a0\u2013 January 15, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Preceded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"J. Caleb Boggs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._Caleb_Boggs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J. Caleb Boggs<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Succeeded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Ted Kaufman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Kaufman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Kaufman<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Chair of the\u00a0<a title=\"United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Foreign Relations Committee<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><b>In office<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nJanuary 3, 2007\u00a0\u2013 January 3, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Preceded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Richard Lugar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Lugar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Lugar<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Succeeded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"John Kerry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Kerry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Kerry<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><b>In office<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nJune 6, 2001\u00a0\u2013 January 3, 2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Preceded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Jesse Helms\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesse_Helms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Helms<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Succeeded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Richard Lugar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Lugar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Lugar<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><b>In office<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nJanuary 3, 2001\u00a0\u2013 January 20, 2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Preceded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Jesse Helms\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesse_Helms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Helms<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Succeeded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Jesse Helms\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesse_Helms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Helms<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Chair of the\u00a0<a title=\"International Narcotics Control Caucus\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Narcotics_Control_Caucus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Narcotics Control Caucus<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><b>In office<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nJanuary 3, 2007\u00a0\u2013 January 3, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Preceded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Chuck Grassley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chuck_Grassley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Grassley<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Succeeded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Dianne Feinstein\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dianne_Feinstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dianne Feinstein<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Chair of the\u00a0<a title=\"United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><b>In office<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nJanuary 3, 1987\u00a0\u2013 January 3, 1995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Preceded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Strom Thurmond\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strom_Thurmond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strom Thurmond<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Succeeded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Orrin Hatch\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orrin_Hatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orrin Hatch<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Member of the\u00a0<a title=\"New Castle County Council\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Castle_County_Council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Castle County Council<\/a><br \/>\nfrom the 4th district<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"nowrap\"><b>In office<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nNovember 4, 1970\u00a0\u2013 November 8, 1972<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Preceded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td>Henry Folsom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Succeeded by<\/span><\/th>\n<td>Francis Swift<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Personal details<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Born<\/th>\n<td>\n<div class=\"nickname\">Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.<\/div>\n<p>November 20, 1942<span class=\"noprint ForceAgeToShow\">\u00a0(age\u00a077)<\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"Scranton, Pennsylvania\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scranton,_Pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scranton, Pennsylvania<\/a>, U.S.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Political party<\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_(United_States)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Spouse(s)<\/th>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div><a title=\"Neilia Hunter\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neilia_Hunter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neilia Hunter<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u200b<\/div>\n<div>\u200b<\/div>\n<p>(<abbr title=\"married\">m.<\/abbr>\u00a0<span class=\"rt-commentedText\" title=\"August 27, 1966\">1966<\/span>; died\u00a0<span class=\"rt-commentedText\" title=\"December 18, 1972\">1972<\/span>)<wbr \/>\u200b<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a title=\"Jill Biden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jill_Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jill Jacobs<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u200b<\/div>\n<p>(<abbr title=\"married\">m.<\/abbr>\u00a0<span class=\"rt-commentedText\" title=\"June 17, 1977\">1977<\/span>)<wbr \/>\u200b<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Children<\/th>\n<td>\n<div class=\"hlist hlist-separated\">\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Beau Biden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beau_Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beau<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hunter Biden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hunter_Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Naomi<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ashley Biden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashley_Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Parents<\/th>\n<td>\n<div class=\"plainlist\">\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph R. Biden Sr.<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Eugenia Finnegan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Relatives<\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Edward Francis Blewitt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Francis_Blewitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edward Francis Blewitt<\/a><br \/>\n(great-grandfather)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Education<\/th>\n<td><a title=\"University of Delaware\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Delaware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Delaware<\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"Bachelor of Arts\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bachelor_of_Arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BA<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syracuse_University\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syracuse University<\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"Juris Doctor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juris_Doctor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JD<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Occupation<\/th>\n<td>\n<div class=\"hlist hlist-separated\">\n<ul>\n<li>Politician<\/li>\n<li>lawyer<\/li>\n<li>author<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Awards<\/th>\n<td><a title=\"Presidential Medal of Freedom\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presidential Medal of Freedom<\/a>\u00a0with distinction (2017)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>source: wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden Official portrait, 2013 President-elect of the United States Assuming office January 20, 2021 Vice President Kamala Harris\u00a0(elect) Succeeding Donald Trump 47th\u00a0Vice President of the United States In office January 20, 2009\u00a0\u2013 January 20, 2017 President Barack Obama Preceded by Dick Cheney Succeeded by Mike Pence United States Senator from\u00a0Delaware In office January 3, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-head-line"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbMGvT-7lR","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorkhasansar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}