JAKARTA - Joe Biden has successfully won the vote count in the 2020 US Election. If he officially becomes the 46th President of the US, Joe Biden will be 78 years old. Joe Biden was born on November 20, 2020, a matter of weeks from the US election November 4. The age of vice president Barack Obama is not young anymore. But the ambition of Donald Trump's competitor in the 2020 US Presidential Election to become the number one person in Uncle Sam's country has never died out since 1987. How was his life journey?
Biden was born in the town of labor, Scranton, northeastern Pennsylvania in 1942. His father, Joseph Biden, was a stove cleaner and used car salesman. While his mother, Catherine Eugine "Jean" Finnegan.
Launching the Biography page, little Biden grew up as a person who struggled with his stuttering. Not infrequently he teased his school friends as "Joe Impedimenta." However, he did not get discouraged easily, he overcame his speaking difficulties by diligently practicing reading poetry aloud in front of the mirror.
To quote America Magazine Joe Biden is an Irish Catholic who was educated by nuns at parish schools. These teachings later shaped him to become the Democrat politician he is known for today.
After graduating from St. Petersburg Helena School Biden was successfully accepted into a prestigious academy, Archmere. Biden graduated there in 1961.
He then continued his education at the University of Delaware majoring in history and political science. After graduating in Delaware in 1965, he then continued his education at Syracuse University. It was on campus that, Biden studied law.
After graduating from law school in 1968, Biden moved to Wilmington, Delaware, to begin applying his knowledge at a law firm. At that time he was also an active member of the Democratic Party. While serving on the party council in the New Castle area in 1971. Biden recently opened his own law office.
Biden has three children, namely, Joseph Biden III (born in 1969), Hunter Biden (born in 1970) and Naomi Biden (born in 1971). "Everything happened faster than I expected," said Biden of his life at the time.
As Biden's career as a lawyer progressed, the Delaware Democrats pushed him, then 29, to become a member of the United States Senate. Although few were convinced of the candidacy, Biden continued the campaign tirelessly. Much of Biden's campaign work was assisted independently by family members.
And the struggle was not in vain. Biden became the fifth youngest US senator in history and the longest-serving senator in Delaware.
After successfully increasing his popularity as a member of the Democratic parliament in Washington, in 1987, Biden decided to run for president of the US. Unfortunately, at that time he was hit by rumors that he was plagiarizing a speech. In addition, suffering from a severe headache, he dropped out of candidacy in 1988.
Biden's intention to become President of the US was not twenty years later or in 2007 he was again running for office. But his campaign still hasn't succeeded in creating momentum. He lost prestige to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
He left after receiving less than one percent of the votes in the caucus essentials, Iowa. But a few months later, the vice president's ticket came from his relative Barack Obama, who won the convention as a Democratic presidential candidate.
On November 2, 2008, Obama and Biden managed to beat John McChain and Sarah Palin. Then on January 20, 2009, Obama was sworn in as the 44th US president and Biden became the 47th vice president.
In the 2012 US Presidential Election, Obama and Biden came back forward. Once again they managed to bend Republican challengers, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
Then at this time, in the 2020 US Election, Joe Biden, still shows his determination to become the number one person in Uncle Sam's country. So, is it time for Biden to fulfill his dream as president that he has been fighting for since 1987?
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