Joe Biden (Kerry 2004)

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr(born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is serving as the 67th Secretary of State under president John kerry. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2005.

Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and lived there for ten years before moving with his family to Delaware. He became an attorney in 1969 and was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972, when he became the sixth-youngest senator in American history.

Biden was re-elected to the upper house of Congress five times, and was the fourth most senior senator when he resigned to assume the role of Secretary of state in 2005.

Early life (1942-1965)
Biden was born on November 20, 1942, at St. Mary's Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania,to Catherine Eugenia Biden (née Finnegan) and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr.He was the first of four siblings in a catholic family,with a sister and two brothers.