On November 3, People of United States will decide the future of White House along with Trump and Joe Biden. Joe is famously known as Barack Obama’s vice president for two times.
previously we discussed about the early and struggle phase of Joe Biden, Click Here to read about his interesting early life and how he get into politics.
Let’s discuss about his political ups and downs.
Advocacy education and marriage
Joe Biden attended a university near his home called the University of Delaware, where he earned a BA in History and Political Science and continued playing football.
It was a time when John F. Kennedy, then a ‘young’ president in the United States, greatly influenced the new generation. Who were part of the same race.
During his studies, he traveled to the Bahamas, where he met Nellie Hunter, a student at the University of Surrey Queens.
This meeting turned into love at first sight. He worked hard to meet the girl and enrolled in law at Syracuse.
He started studying law in 1965 and married Neelia a year later. It is said that when he visited Neelia’s parents before the wedding, they asked him how he would earn and what he would do in the future.
It is said that Joe replied that he would become the President of the United States.
At the time, however, Biden was an average law student. During his studies at Syracuse, he did not attend class because he did not cite a single reference for one of his dissertations.
However, he later claimed that it was an accidental mistake. But this incident haunted him for many years.
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Political Life
After completing his law studies in 1968, Biden moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where he began practicing law for a company. Here he became a dynamic member of the Democratic Party.
In 1970 he was elected a member of the Newcastle County Council (local government). Despite being a councilor, he continued to practice law.
During this time they had three children, two sons and a daughter, Joseph Biden, Hunter Biden and Naomi Biden.
In 1972, the Democratic Party persuaded him to run for the U.S. Senate against a strong Republican candidate, Jay Caleb Boggs.
Although he was less likely to win against his strongest opponent, he faced a dot in which his sister and wife supported him well. His parents also went door-to-door campaigning for him.
The contest was tough in November this year and voters turned out in large numbers at the polling stations.
When the result came out, many people were surprised at Biden’s success. He was thus elected the fifth youngest senator in the country’s history.
Death of wife and daughter
Just as he was about to take the oath of office in the Senate, his wife and three children were involved in a car accident.
His wife and children were out shopping at Christmas when a tractor hit their car on the way.
His wife Neelia and daughter Naomi died on the spot while their two sons were rushed to hospital in critical condition.
Joe Biden went to the hospital without taking the oath and stayed in the hospital with his children, and later stood by the children’s bed and took the oath of office in the Senate.
He then went on to win all the Senate elections he won. The people of his constituency unofficially declared him their permanent representative after this tragedy.
Most analysts also consider him an expert on foreign affairs. He also played a key role in brokering an arms race with Russia.
Strict anti-crime legislation is a popular issue among the average American, but on the other hand it is called anti-minority action in the left.
However, Joe Biden, along with Senator Ted Kennedy, was part of the Senate team that prevented President Ronald Reagan’s nominee, Judge Robert Brook, from becoming a judge.
Brooke was a right-wing ideological extremist lawmaker who implemented some of President Nixon’s alleged illegal actions and was seen as anti-women and anti-black minorities.
As Vice President in the Obama administration, Joe Biden has on several occasions been instrumental in successful negotiations with Republicans in Congress on tax cuts.
According to some critics, he took advantage of Democrats’ position in the face of Republicans.
Second marriage
Joe Biden married Jill for the second time in 1977. Their daughter, Ashley, was born in 1981.
In 2015, Beau Biden, the son of Joe Biden’s first wife, died of brain cancer. Once again, Biden’s grief was a major factor in his political career.
When Donald Trump was elected president after Biden’s vice presidency, he sharply criticized him and said that Trump has no knowledge of governance. He also slammed President Trump for defending white extremists.
After some time of uncertainty, Biden announced his intention to run in the 2019 presidential election.
He said in his announcement that he knew that President Trump’s racist policies posed a threat to the country that might never recur in his lifetime.
However, Biden has faced opposition from the Democrats’ left and pro-women groups from the beginning. He backed a bill to cut funding for abortion but changed her stance after strong criticism.
Joe Biden voted in favor of the Iraq war resolution but later described it as a mistake.
Kamala Harris, who is now running for vice president with him, was sharply critical of Biden.
However, in the next round of presidential debates, he improved his position as a “moderate” politician, citing President Obama’s foreign policies as his achievements.
