Amid the ongoing presidential counting of votes in the US, Democratic nominee Joe Biden has come close to the 270 electoral college votes needed to reach the White House. He has made it difficult for President Donald Trump to win in Wisconsin and Michigan. In the meantime let us tell you about Biden’s political career and his life’s struggles …
Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden has had a long political career. If he wins the presidential election this time, he will be the oldest American president at the age of 78 when he takes oath.
Former Delaware Senator Joe Biden was elected the 47th US Vice President in President Barack Obama’s term in 2008 and was re-elected in 2012. He then holds the lead as the Democratic presidential candidate in 2021.
Who is Biden?
Joe Biden, Joseph Robin Biden Jr., was born in 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He moved to Delaware as a child. Joe Biden worked as a lawyer for a few days before entering politics. He has been the fifth-youngest US senator in history and the longest serving senator in Delaware.
Biden has already entered the presidential election race
Biden, a six-time senator from Delaware, has landed for the third time in the presidential election race. He made his first attempt in the 1988 election, though he had to back down on plagiarism. Then he made his second attempt for the 2008 election.
Biden is said to be close to former US President Barack Obama. He has also served as Vice President twice during the tenure of Obama from 2008 to 2016. Obama has also been seen pushing heavily for Biden’s victory in the 2021 presidential election.
In 2017, Obama presented Joe Biden to his presidency for the presidency. Two years later, Biden began his campaign for the US presidency and is the 2021 Democratic presidential candidate.
Biden reached this stage after fighting with family difficulties
Biden was one of the youngest people elected to the Senate in 1972. A few weeks later, a tragedy ensued in Biden’s family, when his wife Nealia and daughter Naomi were killed in a car accident, while their sons Hunter and Beau were seriously injured.
Biden traveled by daily Amtrak train between Wilmington and Washington DC to see his sons. After which he became popular under the name ‘Amtrak Joe’. For five years, Biden raised Bu and Hunter as single fathers with the help of his sister Valerie and his family.
In 2015, Biden’s elder son Bue died of brain cancer at the age of 46. Talking about Biden’s younger son Hunter, his career as a lawyer and lobbyist has been the target of allegations of corruption. Biden married Jill five years after wife Nilia’s death. They have a daughter named Ashley, born in 1981.
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What are Biden’s priorities?
Biden has three major priorities, including expanding health care infrastructure, investing more in education, and reorienting relations with partner countries.
What is the attitude towards India?
Addressing the Indian-American community on the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day, Biden said that if he wins the presidential election, he will stand with him in dealing with the threats facing India.
Biden said that “I was leading efforts to ratify the historic civil nuclear deal with India 15 years ago.” I said that if India and America become close friends and allies, the world will be more secure. ”He also said that he would work on increasing trade between the two countries and tackling global challenges like climate change.
Disputes are related to
Biden was accused of plagiarizing the speech of Neil Kinnock of the British Labor Party. In addition, Biden admitted that he had stolen an article reviewing the law during his first year at law school.
Sexual harassment was also alleged
A woman working in Biden’s Senate office filed a criminal complaint with Washington DC police. The woman alleged in the complaint that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993.
Claimed to be shot in 2007, then overturned by his statement
In 2007, Biden claimed that he had been shot in the Green Zone of Iraq, but later clarified that he was near the spot where the shot was fired.
