Joe Biden, once considered too young to serve, now seen as too …
2024年7月21日 · Long before he was considered too old to win, Biden was considered too young to serve. He won a U.S. Senate seat in 1972, ousting longtime Republican incumbent Caleb Boggs. Just 29 years old,...
List of presidents of the United States by age - Wikipedia
The median age at inauguration of incoming U.S. presidents is 55 years. [1] [2] The youngest person to become U.S. president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at age 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. [1] The oldest person inaugurated president is Joe Biden, at the age of 78. [1] [3]
When Joe Biden Was the Candidate of the Young - Slate Magazine
2019年6月11日 · Pulling off the political upset of a lifetime to win a U.S. Senate seat at age 29 was not the most consequential moment of 1972 for Joe Biden.
Joe Biden | Biography, Family, Policies, & Facts | Britannica
5 天之前 · He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 at the age of 29, becoming the fifth youngest U.S. senator in history. About a month later his wife and infant daughter were killed in a car accident, and his two sons were seriously injured.
Joe Biden: The President | The White House
At age 29, President Biden became one of the youngest Americans ever elected to the United States Senate. Just weeks after his Senate election, tragedy struck when his wife Neilia and...
1972 United States Senate election in Delaware - Wikipedia
At the time of the 1972 election, Biden was 29 years old. He turned 30—the minimum age for a U.S. senator—on November 20, 1972, in time for the Senate term beginning January 3, 1973. At the commencement of his Senate term, Biden was the sixth-youngest U.S. Senator in history.
Joe Biden: Age, Presidency, Family | HISTORY
2009年12月16日 · In 1970 he won his first election to the New Castle County Council. Then, two years later, at age 29 he pulled off a surprising upset of Republican incumbent J. Caleb Boggs in a race for the...
President Joe Biden's Career in Photos - People.com
2021年11月20日 · Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. became one of the youngest people ever to get elected into the U.S. Senate at age 29. He represented the state of Delaware from Jan. 3, 1973, until Jan. 15, 2009,...
Joe Biden: Life in Brief - Miller Center
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected the 46 th president of the United States after thirty-six years in the Senate and eight years as vice president. On January 20, 2021, at age 78, Biden became the oldest president in history to take oath of office.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. - White House Historical Association
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. was born on November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1953, the Biden family moved from Pennsylvania to Delaware. Joe Biden graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council. In 1972, at the age of 29, he was elected to the United States Senate.