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spread 8 October 31,2008 f Betting To Know Joe Biden Olnm/ lidn w BY MEGHAN HERSH Sixty-five-year-old Delaware Senator Joseph Robinnett "Joe" Biden serves as the Demo cratic Vice-Presidential Candidate in the upcoming election. Originally from Scranton, Perm- sylvania and the oldest of four children, Biden and his family moved to Claymont, Dela ware where he attended parochial school and participated in public service; he was 11 at the time. Biden's college career took place at The University of Delaware, where he graduated in 1965 and then graduated from law school at Syracuse University three years later. He re turned to the Wilmington area where he set up his own firm and practiced law until 1972, at which time Biden launched a political campaign to take the senate seat of Republican Caleb Boggs. With little help, he beat his opponent by 3,162 votes. Weeks later, his wife and children were in a horrific automobile accident. As a result, Biden lost his wife and daughter; his two sons were critically injured. To be near his sons, Biden began commuting by train between Washington, D.C. and Delaware on a daily basis, a commute he still takes today. Biden remarried in 1977 to Jill Jacobs, who earned a PhD in Education. Currently, he has three children: Beau, who will be deployed to Iraq this month; Ashley, a social worker; and Hunter, an attorney. Having been in the senate since 1972 (he secured the position at 30 years old, making him the 5th youngest senator in history), Biden has vast experience in the political arena, a stark contrast to his rurming mate. Senator Barack Obama. Some would consider this an advan tage to the Obama Campaign. Examining his voting record, one can sense that he is a demo crat on practically all issues. He maintained consistent voting records on all issues (a feat that not many can boast about), supporting a woman's right to abortion, more gun control, and defending citizen rights. Some of his greatest political accomplishments include becom ing a ranking democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee in 1997, of which he soon be came Chairman. Known as a leading authority on foreign policy (Biden is currently the Chairman of the International Narcotics Control Caucus), Biden is very influential in the matters of terrorism, drug policy, crime, and other issues important to women. Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his running mate because Obama thought Biden would help him to bring about the change that Washington, and America in general, desperately need to cure the country's woes. Obama called him a "rare mix" and described him as one "whose heart and values are firmly rooted in the middle class." Many can see that Joe Biden's political experience will make him a worthy candidate for the Vlte Presidential nomination, and many question if Biden's resume can or will boost Obama's campaign. Only voters can decide. TMHmIS In just four days, millions of people 2 who will be the President of the Un Some wonder if any of the candid position of leadership at such a cri many will choose a write-in Candida Vice Presidential candidates. Then question: How important are the VP Undecided Write-In 9% Near the end of the 2007-2008 members organized a preside English classes to determine th( Clinton, Barack Obama, John IV During the month of October, another mock election to disco> student support from almost tl
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