Photos: Joe Biden Through the Years

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Joe Biden, Beau Biden, Frank Valeo In this Jan. 5, 1973 file photo, four-year-old Beau Biden, foreground, plays near his father, Joe Biden, center, being sworn in as the U.S. senator from Delaware, by Senate Secretary Frank Valeo, left, in ceremonies in a Wilmington hospital. Beau was injured in an accident that killed his mother and sister in December 1972. Biden's father-in-law, Robert Hunter, holds the Bible. (AP Photo/File)

Joe Biden In this Jan. 3, 1985 file photo, Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) holds his daughter, Ashley, while taking a re-enacted oath of office from Vice President George Bush during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington as his sons Beau, foreground, and Hunter hold the bible. On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Vice President Joe Biden announced the death of son, Beau, from brain cancer. (AP Photo/Lana Harris)

Strom Thurmond; Ted Kennedy; Jos Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee hold discussions during a break in the confirmation hearings for William Rehnquist, Aug. 1, 1986. From left to right: Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., closest to microphone; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., standing at center; Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del. seated, right; and Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, standing at far right. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Lana Harris)

Simon Gephardt Jackson Gore Democratic presidential candidates pose in front of a replica of the White House during an Independent Action Roast, June 23, 1987, in Washington. From left are: Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware; Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts; the Rev. Jesse Jackson; former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt; Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee; Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri; and Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Joe Biden Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, talk to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 20, 1993, after the Senate passed the Brady bill by a 63-36 vote. The bill was the second major anti-crime initiative to clear the senate in as many days as lawmakers rushed to respond to widespread voter outrage over street crime. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

US Senators Visit South Korea US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden (D-DE), left, and Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN), center, receive a briefing from Lt. Col. William Miller, UNC Security Battalion Commander, August 11, 2001 at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. Four US senators arrived in South Korea August 10 to discuss the issues of North Korea and security concerns with the country's top leaders. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Bob Schieffer Receives Award In Washington (L-R) Lee Ewing of Aerospace Daily, U.S. Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) attend the American News Women's Club 12th Annual Roast & Toast where Bob Schieffer received the 2004 ANWC Helen Thomas Award For Excellence in Journalism or Outstanding Public Service on April 14, 2004 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Stephen Boitano/Getty Images)

Barack Obama, Joseph Biden, Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, laughs with Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., before the start of a presidential forum hosted by the AFL-CIO at Soldier Field in Chicago, in this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007 file photo. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is Barack Obama's pick as vice presidential running mate on Aug. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, FILE)

Joe Biden, Sonny Perdue, Rickey Moulder Vice President Joe Biden, center, and Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, right, listen to Impulse Manufacturing employee Rickey Moulder during a tour of the plant in Dawsonville, Ga., on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Biden announced Federal stimulus money will be used to bring more high speed Internet access to north Georgia and other rural areas across the country. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)

President-Elect Joe Biden And Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Address The Nation After Election Win WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - NOVEMBER 07: President-elect Joe Biden waves to crowd after his address to the nation from the Chase Center November 07, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. After four days of counting the high volume of mail-in ballots in key battleground states due to the coronavirus pandemic, the race was called for Biden after a contentious election battle against incumbent Republican President Donald Trump. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

President-Elect Biden And Vice President-Elect Harris Receive Second Round Of COVID-19 Vaccination WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - JANUARY 11: President-elect Joe Biden receives the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination from Chief Nurse Executive Ric Cuming at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital on January 11, 2021 in Newark, Delaware. Biden received the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine three weeks after his first dose, received a few days before Christmas. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

President-Elect Biden Introduces Members Of His Incoming Economic Team WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - JANUARY 08: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks after he announced cabinet nominees that will round out his economic team, including secretaries of commerce and labor, at The Queen theater on January 08, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden announced he is nominating Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as his commerce secretary, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh his labor secretary and Isabel Guzman, a former Obama administration official, as head of the Small Business Administration. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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