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Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.


Current Office: Vice President
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Last Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic





Additional Information:

Astrological Sign
Scorpio
Awards
Champion of the Rails 2001, Rail Leadership Award 2002.
Current Car
1967 Corvette
Father's Name
Joseph Biden Sr.
Father's Occupation
Car Salesman
Favorite Book
American Gospel, Irish America.
Favorite Food
Pasta
Favorite Quote
"History says, don't hope on this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime the longed for tidal wave of justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme. So hope for a great sea-change on the far side of revenge. Believe that a further shore is reachable from here. Believe in miracles and cures and healing wells." - Seamus Heaney's "The Cure at Troy", "I look forward to a great future for America, a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. . . . And I look forward to an America which commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization as well."- John F. Kennedy, 1963.
First Car
Chevrolet Convertible
First Job
Lifeguard
Hobbies or Special Talents
Weightlifting, designing homes, sketching
Names of Grandchildren
Naomi, Finnegan, Roberta Mabel, Natalie, Robert Hunter
Number of Grandchildren
5
Pets (include names)
1 cat
Publications
Administration’s Missile Defense Program And The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty: Hearing Before The Committee On Foreign Relations Examining The Theft Of American Intellectual Property At Home And Abroad: Hearing Before The Committee On Foreign Relations, Hearings to Examine Threats, Responses, and Regional Considerations Surrounding Iraq: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, Strategies for Homeland Defense: A Compilation by the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Putin Administration's Policies Toward Non-Russian Regions of the Russian Federation: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations,Threat of Bioterrorism and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, How Do We Promote Democratization, Poverty Alleviation, and Human Rights to Build a More Secure Future: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, Political Future of Afghanistan: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, International Campaign Against Terrorism: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, Halting the Spread of HIV/AIDS: Future Efforts in the United States Bilateral and Multilateral Response: Hearings Before the Comm. on Foreign Relations, Hague Convention On International Child Abduction: Applicable Law And Institutional Framework Within Certain Convention Countries Report To The Senate.


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