Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Senior Senator from Delaware
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 3, 1973 Serving with Tom Carper
Preceded by	J. Caleb Boggs
Born	November 20, 1942 (1942-11-20) (age 65) Scranton, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Neilia Hunter (deceased) Jill Tracy Jacobs
Residence	Wilmington, Delaware
Alma mater	University of Delaware Syracuse University
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Catholic(Latin Rite)
Website	Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the incumbent senior U.S. Senator from Delaware. Biden is currently serving his sixth term and is sixth-longest serving among current Senators (fourth among Democrats) and Delaware's longest-serving Senator. He is the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the 110th Congress. Biden has served in that position in the past, and he has served as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. He was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2008 presidential election, but dropped out after a poor performance in the Iowa caucus on January 3, 2008.