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46th president of the United States

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Joe Biden's path to the U.S. presidency
Learn more about the life and career of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United...
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Kamala Harris's path to the U.S. vice presidency
Learn more about U.S. Vice Pres. Kamala Harris.
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Listen Joe Biden introducing Barack Obama before the signing into law the repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” December 22, 2010
Introduced by Vice Pres. Joe Biden, U.S. Pres. Barack Obama speaking before signing...
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Listen President Barack Obama speaking before signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act after an introduction by Joe Biden
The Affordable Care Act was the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system...
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Pres. Joe Biden
The president addressing the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
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Joe Biden as a child
Joe Biden at about nine years old.
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Biden family home
The house on North Washington Avenue where Joe Biden lived as a child became a staple...
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Triumphant victory
Joe Biden celebrates his stunning 1972 Senate win with his wife Neilia Hunter Biden,...
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Unspeakable sorrow
Senator-elect Joe Biden visits his two sons in hospital in December 1972. Hunter,...
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Swearing in
Joe Biden takes the oath of office in his sons' hospital room as Beau Biden looks...
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Joe Biden in the U.S. Senate
Joe Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972.
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The Biden boys
(From left) Beau Biden, U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, and Hunter Biden at an event on the...
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First presidential run
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden kisses Jill Biden after he announced his 1988 run for the...
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Joe Biden talking with Barack Obama during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations...
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Running mates
Joe Biden campaigning with Barack Obama, August 23, 2008.
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U.S. government officials during the Osama bin Laden mission
U.S. Pres. Barack Obama (seated second from left) and various other government officials—including...
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Unspeakable loss
Vice Pres. Joe Biden and Jill Biden look on with other family members as the flag-draped...
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Comeback kid
Jill and Joe Biden celebrate a win in the 2020 South Carolina primary with Rep. Jim...
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take the stage in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 7,...
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U.S. Pres. Joe Biden
In 2022 the Biden administration initiated the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, intended...
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Historic nomination
Pres. Joe Biden shares a light moment with his nominee for the Supreme Court Ketanji...
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Pets in chief
Joe Biden in the Oval Office with German shepherds Champ (left) and Major.
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Enjoying a treat
Joe Biden's love of ice cream on display in Michigan in 2021.
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Beginning of the end
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden facing each other during a presidential...
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Biden inaugural
Quotation from Joe Biden's inaugural address, January 20, 2021.
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2008 Democratic National Convention
Michelle and Barack Obama (couple at left) and Jill and Joe Biden at Invesco Field...
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Joe and Jill Biden
At the Commander in Chief's Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2009,...
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Joe and Jill Biden with Barack and Michelle Obama
Barack and Michelle Obama (couple at right) and Jill and Joe Biden waving to the...
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Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan (right), shortly before her official nomination as a Supreme Court justice,...
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
House passage cleared the way for the Affordable Care Act to become law two days...
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Biden signs an LGBTQ executive order
An executive order on advancing equality for LGBTQ individuals is signed by U.S....
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In the Oval Office
Vice Pres. Kamala Harris sharing a laugh with Pres. Joe Biden in the Oval Office...
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Joe Biden
Joe Biden.
U.S. Senator Joe Biden
AUKUS trilateral meeting
(From left) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. Pres. Joe Biden, and...
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Joe Biden and Dick Cheney
Outgoing Vice Pres. Dick Cheney (left) with Vice President-elect Joe Biden, November...
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
U.S. Pres. Joe Biden speaking alongside Vice Pres. Kamala Harris during a press conference on...
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Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky
U.S. Pres. Joe Biden (center left) walking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
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Joe Biden
In the East Room of the White House on December 6, 2021, President Joe Biden delivers...
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All the formers
Former U.S. presidents, from left, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill...
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Inauguration of Pres. Joe Biden
Joe Biden taking the oath of office as the 46th president of the United States on...
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Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly (foreground left) hugging his wife, Gabby Giffords, after he received...
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Beau Biden
In August 2008 Beau Biden introduced his father, Joe Biden, at the Democratic National...
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Earl Lloyd (right) meeting U.S. Vice Pres. Joe Biden in the White House, Washington,...
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2022 midterms
(From left) John Fetterman, Barack Obama, Josh Shapiro, and Joe Biden at a campaign...
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A historic swearing in
Kamala Harris being sworn in as U.S. vice president, as her husband, Doug Emhoff,...
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Holbrooke, Richard; Obama, Barack; and Biden, Joe
Richard Holbrooke (left), Pres. Barack Obama, and Vice Pres. Joe Biden (right) in...
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On the campaign trail
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris campaign together in Pennsylvania...
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Long-standing relationship
Karine Jean-Pierre walking across the White House lawn with Pres. Joe Biden in 2024....
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U.S. Vice Pres. Joe Biden with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (center) and his wife, Gursharan Kaur (second...
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Joe Biden (right) and Barack Obama on the White House grounds, May 2009.
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Gary Locke addressing reporters after his nomination as secretary of commerce by...
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Quad leaders
From left to right: U.S. Pres. Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,...
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Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden debating in 2020
Bernie Sanders (left) speaking as Joe Biden raises his hand during a Democratic presidential...
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Swearing-in ceremony of Julia Pierson
Julia Pierson being sworn in as the director of the U.S. Secret Service, with Vice...
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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton (left) being sworn in as secretary of state by Joe Biden (right)...
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Interactives

Presidency of Joe Biden
At a glance: the Biden presidency
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Presidential Debate Bingo
Have fun learning about the issues and people discussed in presidential debates.
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