Joe Biden inflicted avoidable chaos on the Democrats
The US president’s substantial patriotism was ultimately outweighed by his vanity.
ByJoe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr was the forty-sixth president of the United States. Biden, born in 1942, was senator for Delaware for 36 years and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before becoming Barack Obama’s vice-president. He assumed office as president on 20 January 2021, having beaten Donald Trump in the election the previous November, and left it on 20 January 2025, after stepping down from the nomination for the 2024 campaign in favour of Kamala Harris. Find our latest news and comment here.
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