Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. (born November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania,) is the senior United States senator from Delaware. Biden was announced as the running mate of presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama on August 23, 2008.[1]
Currently in his sixth term in the Senate, Biden has served for the sixth-longest period among current senators (fourth among Democrats) and is Delaware's longest-serving senator. He is the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the 110th Congress. Biden has served in that position in the past, and he has also served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
