Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. A member of the Democratic Party , he served as the 47th vice president from to under President Barack Obama , and represented Delaware in the U.
Senate from to Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania , Biden moved with his family to Delaware in Senate in He also oversaw six U. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Biden ran unsuccessfully for the and Democratic presidential nominations. In , Obama chose Biden as his running mate, and he was a close counselor to Obama during his two terms as vice president.
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In the presidential election , the Democratic Party nominated Biden for president. He became the first president to serve with a female vice president. He signed bipartisan bills on infrastructure and manufacturing. He proposed the Build Back Better Act , which failed in Congress, but aspects of which were incorporated into the Inflation Reduction Act that he signed into law in Beginning in March , Biden confronted elevated inflation rates, which peaked at 9.
He worked with congressional Republicans to resolve the debt-ceiling crisis by negotiating a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Biden responded to record levels of illegal border crossings with extensive use of humanitarian parole and deportations.
In his foreign policy , the U. Biden oversaw the complete withdrawal of U. He responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on Russia and authorizing civilian and military aid to Ukraine. During the Israel—Hamas war , Biden condemned the actions of Hamas as terrorism, strongly supported Israel's military efforts , and sent limited humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
