Joe Biden mounted two previous presidential bids in 1988 and 2008, never making it out of the Democratic primaries. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden has been a fixture in Democratic national politics since he won an upstart campaign to become a U.S. senator from Delaware in 1972. Biden represented the country at international summits, and was among those in the Situation Room the night that Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden.
Joe Biden mounted two previous presidential bids in 1988 and 2008, never making it out of the Democratic primaries. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden has been a fixture in Democratic national politics since he won an upstart campaign to become a U.S. senator from Delaware in 1972. Biden represented the country at international summits, and was among those in the Situation Room the night that Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden.