1980
June 8, 1981
Birth of Joe and Jill's daughter, Ashley

Senator Joe
Biden with daughter, Ashley
November, 1984
Senator Joe Biden
is re-elected to the U.S. Senate
June 9, 1987
Senator Joseph
Biden, Jr. announces his candidacy for the 1988 Democratic
Nomination for President of the United States

Poster of Senator
Joe Biden, Jr.'s 1988 presidential announcement
February 11, 1988
After suffering from headaches for
years, two aneurysms are diagnosed in Senator
Biden's brain, and he undergoes successful emergency surgery
1990
November, 1990
Senator Joe Biden
wins re-election to the U.S. Senate
September, 1991
Senator Joe
Biden begins teaching Constitutional Law as an Adjunct
Professor at Widener University Law School
November, 1996
Senator Joseph
Biden is re-elected to U.S. Senate

Senator Joseph
Biden on the U. S. Senate floor
May 11, 1999
Senator Joe
Biden casts his 10,000th vote on the Senate floor
2000
November, 2002
Senator Joseph
Biden wins reelection to U.S. Senate
January 31, 2007

Senator Joe
Biden announces his bid for the 2008 Democratic Nomination for
President of the United States
August 1, 2007
Senator Joe
Biden releases his memoir, Promises
to Keep: On Life and Politics
"The art of living is simply
getting up after you've been knocked down."
August 23, 2008
Senator Joseph
Biden, Jr. is selected to be the U. S. Democratic Party's Vice
Presidential Presumptive Nominee
August 25, 2008
Senator Joseph Biden is nominated and accepts the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential
nomination
November 4, 2008
Senator Joe Biden becomes Vice President-Elect Joe Biden
Senator Biden
was reelected to the Senate from Delaware on November 4, 2008, the
same day he was voted Vice President
Alex Brandon/AP

Vice
President-Elect Joe Biden is congratulated by his wife, Jill,
in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, on election night
Jason Reed/Reuters

Vice
President-Elect Joseph Biden, Jr. holds his granddaughter,
Naomi, in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, on election night. Vice President-Elect Joseph Biden's large
Irish Catholic family attended the ceremony, perhaps as many as 37
relatives.
November 13, 2008
Vice
President-Elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, toured the vice
presidential residence at the Naval Observatory as guests of the 46th
vice president.
November 20, 2008

U. S. President-Elect Barack Obama
surprises Vice President-Elect
Joe Biden with 12 cupcakes for his 66th
birthday on November 20. In addition, President-Elect Barack Obama
gave Vice President-Elect Joe
Biden presents of a Chicago baseball team White
Sox cap, a Chicago football team Bears cap and a bucket of Garrett
popcorn.
January 15, 2009
Senator Joseph
Biden resigned from the Senate after serving 36 years. In
his farewell speech, Senator Biden said that next to his role as a father,
being a senator was closest to his heart. In his farewell speech,
Senator Biden also said his motto was: "Never question a man's
motives, just his judgment." Senator
Biden noted he came to the
Senate to legislate for civil rights.
Although not a member of the Senate, Vice President Joseph Biden will preside
over the Senate and vote in case of a tie.
January 17, 2009, Whistle Stop Train
Rally
On a cold 20-degree-Saturday before
taking office, Vice President-Elect Joe Biden
and his wife, "Jilly," rode a 10-car Amtrak train pulling a blue
1939 Pullman car named Georgia 300, on a whistle stop from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Washington, D. C. stopping in Wilmington,
Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. Vice
President-Elect Joseph Biden gave a speech at the Wilmington
stop in which he said, "Spring is on the way with the new
administration," and paraphrased James Joyce's "When I die,
Dublin will be written in my heart," by saying, "When I die,
Delaware will be written in mine."
Amtrak conductor, Greg Weaver,
introduced Vice President-Elect Joe Biden
during the Wilmington, Delaware, stop on the Whistle Stop Train Rally
calling him America's Number 1 Commuter. Greg Weaver said for
25 years he watched Vice President-Elect Joe
Biden sprint up the stairs onto the train after dropping his
children off at school on his way each morning from Delaware to
Washington, D. C. Joe Biden estimated he has riden Amtrak 14,000
times. Greg Weaver's son, Blake, has now joined him as an Amtrak
conductor.
Jill Biden's Secret Service code name is
Capri. Jill Biden, who holds a Ph.D. in Education, has been
an educator for over two decades in Delaware's schools.
January 18, 2009
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Joe Biden
and his grandson, Hunter Biden, after Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity Church
in Washington, D. C.
January 20, 2009
Jim Bourg/Reuters

Joe Biden was
administered the Oath of Office of the Vice President of the United States of America
at 11:58 A. M. on January 20, 2009, by Supreme Court Associate
Justice John Paul Stevens with his wife, Jill, by his side.
Lauren Victoria Burke/AP

Before dancing at the ten Inaugural
Balls, Vice President Joe Biden made
the Sign of the Cross to help him with his dance steps. It turned
out he was a smooth dancer. In this photo the Vice President and his
wife are dancing to Van Morrison's Have I Told You Lately That I love
You at the Southern Inaugural Ball.
Alex Brandon/AP

Jill Biden's silk chiffon dress with a
hand-ruched bodice was by Lebanese designer Reem Acra who usually designs
wedding dresses in New York. This photo was taken at the
Neighborhood Inaugural Ball.
Linda Brown

Joe Biden and his German Shepherd puppy, Champ

Champ Biden likes chewing shoes
Joe Biden eats healthily and works out by lifting weights, walking,
running, and using an elliptical machine.
April 22, 2009
Vice President
Joe Biden received the Legal Momentum Hero Award from Jesuit
Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D. C. or sponsoring and
continuing to support the Violence Against Women Act.
May 10, 2009
Vice President
Joe Biden was the 2009 Commencement speaker at Syracuse
University, his 1968 law school alma mater, as well as 2009 Commencement
speaker at State University of New York College of Environmental Science
and Forestry in a joint Commencement ceremony on May 10, 2009.
"It’s a true honor to be invited back to Syracuse University.
The University and entire Syracuse community have meant so much to me in
my life, and I look forward to being a part of the Orange’s 2009
graduation festivities." VP Biden is an active Syracuse
University alumnus.