In 2008 he couldn t surpass the immortal bill richardson in the. It s easy to forget but joe biden used to be a punchline that very few people took seriously as a major political candidate. Steve kornacki goes to the big board.
How is joe biden faring in polling at this point in the campaign versus hillary clinton and president obama. Reade worked for biden from 1992 to 1993 and has said biden kissed groped and digitally penetrated her during an unwanted sexual advance. Biden has been battling an allegation from former aide tara reade who has accused the former vice president of sexually assaulting her in 1993 while biden as a u s.
In 2008 the then pakistan s president asif ali zardari had announced to award the then us democratic vice presidential nominee joe biden and republican senator richard lugar with hilal i pakistan the second highest civil award in pakistan. But he s never been in this position before. The former vice president has more high stakes debating experience than any of his rivals.
Some clues from 2008. How will joe biden debate. Learn more about biden s life and career.
Senate 1973 2009 and he ran for president in 1988 2008 and 2020. He previously represented delaware in the u s. Joe biden 47th vice president of the united states 2009 17 in the democratic administration of pres.
The 2008 presidential campaign of joe biden the longtime senator from delaware began when biden announced his candidacy for president of the united states on the january 7 2007 edition of meet the press he officially became a candidate on january 31 2007 after filing papers with the federal election commission if elected biden would have been the first sitting senator and roman catholic. A victory over trump would cap a 50 year political career for biden landing the former new castle county councilman in the white house after a pair of failed presidential runs in 2008 and 1988. A newly unearthed clip from 2008 shows cnn reporting that joe biden told a crowd in ohio that he was arrested for following a group of young women into their dorms which he said was not allowed back in those days the clip and the incident happened on october 15 2008 when biden was democratic.