Senator Joseph Biden's biography
NAME: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
AGE: 65; born Nov. 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pa.
EXPERIENCE: US senator, 1972-present; New Castle County Council, 1970-72; sought presidential nomination, 1988, 2008.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in history and political science, University of Delaware, 1965; law degree, Syracuse University, 1968.
FAMILY: Married Neilia Hunter in 1966; three children, Joseph R. III, Robert H., and Naomi. His wife and daughter Naomi died in a car crash in 1972. Married Jill Jacobs in 1977; one daughter, Ashley.
QUOTE: "Here you have for the first time in all American history a woman or African-American poised to be the next president, and there's no way to break through that," Biden said days after ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Associated Press 