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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. ( BY-dən; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden moved with his family to Delaware in 1953. He graduated from the University of Delaware before earning his law degree from Syracuse University. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and to the U.S. Senate in 1972. As a senator, Biden drafted and led the effort to pass the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. He also oversaw six U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Biden ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008. In 2008, Obama chose Biden as his running mate, and he was a close counselor to Obama during his two terms as vice president. In the 2020 presidential election, Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, defeated incumbents Donald Trump and Mike Pence. He is the oldest president in U.S. history, and the first to have a female vice president. As president, Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession. He signed bipartisan bills on infrastructure and manufacturing. He proposed the Build Back Better Act, which failed in Congress, but aspects of which were incorporated into the Inflation Reduction Act that he signed into law in 2022. Biden appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. He worked with congressional Republicans to resolve the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis by negotiating a deal to raise the debt ceiling. In foreign policy, Biden restored America's membership in the Paris Agreement. He oversaw the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that ended the war in Afghanistan, leading to the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban seizing control. He responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing civilian and military aid to Ukraine. During the Israel–Hamas war, Biden condemned the actions of Hamas and other Palestinian militants as terrorism, announced military support for Israel, and sent humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza. In April 2023, Biden announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 presidential election, and is now the presumptive nominee. Early life (1942–1965) Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born on November 20, 1942, at St. Mary's Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Biden (née Finnegan) and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. The oldest child in a Catholic family of English, French, and Irish descent, he has a sister, Valerie, and two brothers, Francis and James. Biden's father had been wealthy and the family purchased a home in the affluent Long Island suburb of Garden City in the fall of 1946, but he suffered business setbacks around the time Biden was seven years old, and for several years the family lived with Biden's maternal grandparents in Scranton. Scranton fell into economic decline during the 1950s and Biden's father could not find steady work. Beginning in 1953 when Biden was ten, the family lived in an apartment in Claymont, Delaware, before moving to a house in nearby Mayfield. Biden Sr. later became a successful used-car salesman, maintaining the family in a middle-class lifestyle. At Archmere Academy in Claymont, Biden played baseball and was a standout halfback and wide receiver on the high school football team. Though a poor student, he was class president in his junior and senior years. He graduated in 1961. At the University of Delaware in Newark, Biden briefly played freshman football, and, as an unexceptional student, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965 with a double major in history and political science. Biden had a stutter and has mitigated it since his early twenties. He has described his efforts to reduce it by reciting poetry before a mirror. Marriages, law school, and early career (1966–1973) Biden married Neilia Hunter, a student at Syracuse University, on August 27, 1966, after overcoming her parents' disinclination for her to wed a Catholic. Their wedding was held in a Catholic church in Skaneateles, New York. They had three children: Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III, Robert Hunter Biden, and Naomi Christina "Amy" Biden. Biden earned a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. He ranked 76th in a class of 85 students after failing a course because he plagiarized a law review article for a paper he wrote in his first year at law school. He was admitted to the Delaware bar in 1969. Biden clerked at a Wilmington law firm headed by prominent local Republican William Prickett in 1968 and, he later said, "thought of myself as a Republican". He disliked incumbent Democratic Delaware governor Charles L. Terry's conservative racial politics and supported a more liberal Republican, Russell W. Peterson, who defeated Terry in 1968. Local Republicans attempted to recruit Biden, but he registered as an Independent because of his distaste for Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon. In 1969, Biden practiced law, first as a public defender and then at a law firm headed by a locally active Democrat, who named him to the Democratic Forum, a group trying to reform and revitalize the state party; Biden subsequently reregistered as a Democrat. He and another attorney also formed a law firm. Corporate law did not appeal to him, and criminal law did not pay well. He supplemented his income by managing properties. Biden ran for the 4th district seat on the New Castle County Council in 1970 on a liberal platform that included support for public housing in the suburbs. The seat had been held by Republican Henry R. Folsom, who was running in the 5th District following a reapportionment of council districts. Biden won the general election, defeating Republican Lawrence T. Messick, and took office on January 5, 1971. He served until January 1, 1973, and was succeeded by Democrat Francis R. Swift. During his time on the county council, Biden opposed large highway projects, which he argued might disrupt Wilmington neighborhoods. Biden had not openly supported or opposed the Vietnam War until he ran for Senate and opposed Richard Nixon's conduct of the war. While studying at the University of Delaware and Syracuse University, Biden obtained five student draft deferments at a time when most draftees were sent to the war. Based on a physical examination, he was given a conditional medical deferment in 1968; in 2008, a spokesperson for Biden said his having had "asthma as a teenager" was the reason for the deferment. 1972 U.S. Senate campaign in Delaw.... Discover the Elizabeth Austan popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Elizabeth Austan books.

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  • Liaisons Book 1 synopsis, comments

    Liaisons Book 1

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    2021 American Writing Awards Finalist2022 Book Excellence Awards WinnerWelcome to Liaisons. Originally formed as a membership only sex club where our members and their guests can s...

  • Mistress Cromwell synopsis, comments

    Mistress Cromwell

    Carol McGrath

    Did you love WOLF HALL, BRING UP THE BODIES and THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT? If so, you'll be gripped by MISTRESS CROMWELL: discover the powerful story of the woman in the shadows . ....

  • Someone Like You synopsis, comments

    Someone Like You

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    2021 Book Excellent Awards Finalist2021 Global eBook Awards Gold WinnerFinally getting on with her life two years after a horrific series of events, author Elizabeth J. White, or L...

  • These Three Remain synopsis, comments

    These Three Remain

    Pamela Aidan

    This thrilling conclusion to the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy recounts the climactic events of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice from its enigmatic hero’s point of view.One...

  • 7 best short stories by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford synopsis, comments

    7 best short stories by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford

    Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford & August Nemo

    Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford was one of the United States's most widelypublished authors, her career spanned more than six decades and included many literary genres, suc...

  • Swimming and Other Lessons Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth J. Austin synopsis, comments

    Swimming and Other Lessons Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth J. Austin

    Austin Elizabeth J.

    Read all about the adventures of Lizzy and Holly. They are two best friends who start out learning how to swim, but end up learning more valuable lessons along the way.

  • Liaisons Book 2 synopsis, comments

    Liaisons Book 2

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    2022 American Writing Awards FinalistThank you for your recent membership application to Liaisons. Please understand we must complete a thorough assessment to ensure that you satis...

  • Pride and Prejudice synopsis, comments

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    Packaged in handsome and affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. From the musings of literary geniuses like Mark Twain in The Ad...

  • Miss Austen synopsis, comments

    Miss Austen

    Gill Hornby

    A #1 International Bestseller "A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts.” Karen Joy Fowler "You can’t help feeling...

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    Barefoot Dogs

    Antonio Ruiz-Camacho

    Winner of the Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters A San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book of 2015 Fiction Finalist for the 2015 W...

  • The Blackstone Key synopsis, comments

    The Blackstone Key

    Rose Melikan

    It is 1795, and Mary Finch sets off to meet her wealthy uncle, hoping to heal a bitter family estrangement and perhaps to avoid a dismal career teaching at Mrs. Bunbury's school fo...

  • Supposed To Be synopsis, comments

    Supposed To Be

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    2019 American Book Fest FinalistAdam Gibson was burned once by love. Finally deciding to stick his toe back into the dating pool, the first date goes badly. However, it is not a to...

  • Until You synopsis, comments

    Until You

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    Alexander Gibson needs a reputation overhaul or his contract is in danger. The new owner has decided to uphold the image clause and Alex cannot continue to change women like his un...

  • Led Me to You synopsis, comments

    Led Me to You

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    Dr. Evelyn Reid was devastated when she discovered her fiance cheating on her just six months before their wedding. Deciding to take her own advice, she applied for a job back in h...

  • An Assembly Such as This synopsis, comments

    An Assembly Such as This

    Pamela Aidan

    The first installment in Pamela Aidan’s irresistible trilogy, An Assembly Such As This takes us into the world of Jane Austen’s Fitzwilliam Darcy.“She is tolerable; but not handsom...

  • Falling for Ann synopsis, comments

    Falling for Ann

    Heather Austin

    Being stood up by a blind date had to be one of the biggest insults ever; but for Ann Gibson, being stood up ended up being a fantastic opportunity. She met Graham Adams. Both Ann ...

  • 7 best short stories by Elizabeth Garver Jordan synopsis, comments

    7 best short stories by Elizabeth Garver Jordan

    Elizabeth Garver Jordan & August Nemo

    Elizabeth Garver Jordan was an American journalist, author, editor, and suffragist, now remembered primarily for having edited the first two novels of Sinclair Lewis, and for her r...

  • Purple Hearts synopsis, comments

    Purple Hearts

    Tess Wakefield

    NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM!When a soldier with a troubled past and a struggling songwriter agree to a marriage of convenience for the military benefits, neither expects much after...

  • Duty and Desire synopsis, comments

    Duty and Desire

    Pamela Aidan

    ³There was little danger of encountering the Bennet sisters ever again.² Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is beloved by millions, but little is revealed in the book...

  • The Counterfeit Guest synopsis, comments

    The Counterfeit Guest

    Rose Melikan

    In this rousing sequel to The Blackstone Key, Rose Melikan’s heroine returns to the world of espionage for an intelligent, thrilling adventure in Georgian England. When the story b...

  • A Gibson Family Holiday synopsis, comments

    A Gibson Family Holiday

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    The much awaited conclusion to the award winning Gibson Family Series!Over the course of a holiday weekend and two weddings, the children of the Gibson family, their spouses, and f...

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    Temptation

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    She was the infamous Tawny Thorntondancer, choreographer, and modern day courtesan. He tempted her to change everything.He was basketball’s good boy. Auggie Gibson's obsession with...

  • Stay With Me synopsis, comments

    Stay With Me

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    2019 Book Excellence Awards Finalist in Romance2019 Global eBook Awards Silver Winner in RomanceThree reasons...Two weeks...One IslandAndrew "Drew" Gibson accepted an impromptu off...

  • The Mistaken Wife synopsis, comments

    The Mistaken Wife

    Rose Melikan

    Heroic spy Mary Finch returns once again as she takes on the dangerous task of secretly traveling to Paris to interrupt FrancoAmerican negotiations in this thrilling historical fic...

  • The Gibson Family Series Box Set synopsis, comments

    The Gibson Family Series Box Set

    H. Elizabeth Austin

    Meet the Gibson FamilyBook 1: Falling for AnnWill a case of mistaken identity ruin everything for Ann and Graham?Book 2: TemptationTawny tempted every man; could Auggie tempt her t...