![Joe Biden
"When I got knocked down by guys bigger than me . . . [my mother] sent me back out and demanded that I bloody
their nose so I could walk down the street the next day.", Joe Biden
In this, the first definitive biography of Vice President Joe Biden, renowned journalist Jules Witcover examines the
fascinating life of a man who, with his tenacity, outspokenness, and charming smile, has shaped Washington politics
for the past forty years and who now serves as the forty-seventh vice president of the United States.
Raised in the working-class towns of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, and with lackluster grades
in school and no particular goals other than to play sports or, fleetingly, to become a priest, Biden shocked the nation
in 1972 when he became one of the youngest elected senators in U.S. history. From that point forward, he carved a
legacy for himself as one of the most respected legislators in the country. Biden's record in Congress was
impressive. He chaired three Senate committees, confronted Slobodan Miloševic head-on as a war criminal, and
conducted the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court justices. After voting for the 2002 Senate resolution to use
force in Iraq, he later called for its repeal and became an outspoken critic of the conduct of the war.
Yet for all of Biden's achievements in the Senate, his life has been filled with tragedy and countless challenges.
Within two months of being elected in 1972, Biden lost his wife, Neilia, and his young daughter in a tragic accident, a
loss that brought him to the nadir of despair and shook his resolve to stay in politics. And even after Biden vowed to
continue his career, his tenure was marked by two brain aneurysms and career-threatening verbal gaffes. Then, after
being considered among the front-runners in the 1988 Democratic presidential primaries, Biden was accused of
plagiarism for a speech he made at the Iowa State Fair. He dropped out of the race to the sounds of Washington
pundits chattering that the presidency would never be his. Through it all, Biden survived and ran, and eventually
dropped out, again in the 2008 primaries. But even with this defeat, Barack Obama recognized Biden's vast
experience in domestic and foreign affairs, and selected him to be his running mate.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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