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Democrat from Delaware
Joe Biden is the vice president of the United States. He was born in Scranton, Pa., in 1942 but now lives in Wilmington. He graduated from the University of Delaware and earned a law degree from Syracuse University. He made a brief run for president in 1988. Biden is married to Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden. He has three children. His first wife and a 13-month-old daughter were killed in an automobile accident in 1972. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 3, 2008. He was announced Aug. 23, 2008, as Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential nominee.
Recent statements involving Joe Biden
Says Joe Biden said Jon Corzine is "the smartest guy that I know, in terms of the economy and on finance, I really mean this."
In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.
"The median income of a middle class family went down $2,100 from 2001 to 2007."
In Libya, "America spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life."
"In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, and rapes … climbed to 229."
Recent stories featuring Joe Biden
Readers speak out about our ruling on Biden, Flint crime stats:
We asked for reader comments on our rating of a claim by Vice President Joe Biden about crime statistics in Flint, Mich. Here's a sampling of what we received.
We gave Biden a Mostly True for his claim about crime in Flint, Mich. FactCheck called it a Whopper and the FactChecker gave him four Pinocchios. What's up with that?
Trading barbs on job creation and the stimulus:
We check competing visions of the job picture by Vice President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader John Boehner.
Current and former vice presidents faced off on the Sunday news shows, and we check the facts.
More filibusters, yes, but not as many as Biden says:
The vice president overstates how often filibusters are used.
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