Joseph Biden - From Scranton to Wilmington

Joseph Biden - From Scranton to Wilmington is a biography of Joseph Biden, the senior United States Senator from Delaware. Joe Biden is the Democratic vice Presidential nominee for the November 2008 election. He was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania for the first ten years of his life prior to moving to Delaware. Biden trained as a lawyer and became a Senator in 1973 at the Constitutional minimum age of 30, making him the fifth-youngest senator in U.S. history. He has served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he has dealt with issues related to drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties. He is a long-time member and current Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and has worked on resolutions concerning the Yugoslav wars and Iraq War. Biden sought the Democratic Presidential nomination in both 1988 and 2008. He is in his sixth consecutive term in the Senate. Biden has served for the sixth-longest period among current senators. On August 23, 2008, Barack Obama's presidential campaign announced that Biden would be Obama's running mate for the 2008 US Presidential election. Biden officially accepted the nomination on August 27, 2008 at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Joseph Biden - From Scranton to Wilmington is highly recommended for those interested in reading about this distinguished member of the U.S. Senate and Vice Presidential candidate.