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President Joe Biden's Career in Photos
New Beginnings
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, when he resigned to become vice president to President Barack Obama.
Here, the then-Senator elect and his first wife Neilia cut his 30th birthday cake, with sons Hunter and Beau, at a party in Wilmington on Nov.
20, 1972.
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Biden turning 30 fulfilled the constitutional requirement of Senators being 30 years of age when they take office.
Enduring Family Tragedy
Just weeks after the election, Biden's sons Beau and Hunter were injured in a car accident that killed their mother Neilia and 13-month-old sister, Naomi.
Biden took his oath of office from Senate secretary Frank Valeo — with his former father-in-law Robert Hunter at his side — in Beau's hospital room.
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