7 Things You Need to Know About Joe Biden

this is a quick primer on the life of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., the eldest of four children born to Joseph Sr. and Catherine Eugenia “Jean” Finnegan. this is a quick primer on the life of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., the eldest of four children born to Joseph Sr. and Catherine Eugenia “Jean” Finnegan.

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Biden remarried in 1977, to Jill Tracy Jacobs, an English teacher who met Biden on a blind date arranged by his brother.

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In February 1988, after complaining about headaches for several weeks, Biden underwent surgery for a brain aneurysm.

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In 1991, Biden, along with a majority of Senate Democrats, voted against the use of force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

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McCain requested Biden deliver a eulogy at his funeral in 2018.

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In 2014, Joe Biden was listed as one of America’s least wealthy government officials, ranking 577 of 581.

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