NAME _ Joseph Robinette Biden

AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION _ 65; born Nov. 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pa.

EXPERIENCE _ U.S. senator, 1972-present; New Castle County Council, 1970-72; sought presidential nomination, 1988, 2008.

EDUCATION _ Bachelor's degree in history and political science, University of Delaware, 1965; law degree, Syracuse University, 1968.

FAMILY _ Married Neilia Hunter in 1966; three children, Beau, Hunter, and Naomi. His wife and daughter Naomi died in a car crash in 1972. Married Jill Jacobs in 1977; one daughter, Ashley. Beau Biden is now Delaware's attorney general.

QUOTE _ "Here you have for the first time in all American history a woman or African-American poised to be the next president, and there's no way to break through that," Biden said days after ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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