Joe Biden was born in Pennsylvania in 1942 and overcame a childhood stutter. He graduated from the University of Delaware and law school, where he met his first wife Neilia. In 1972, Biden was elected to the Senate at age 30, but his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident shortly after. He married Jill Jacobs in 1977 and served as Vice President under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017. Biden was the Democratic candidate for President in 2020, defeating Donald Trump with the highest vote total in history.