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Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law.

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Joe Biden
stated on June 28, 2023 in a speech in Chicago:

Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on June 14, 2023 in a speech:

"We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean."

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 22, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on June 15, 2023 in a speech:

"Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish.

By Maria Briceño • June 21, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on June 10, 2023 in a speech:

In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”

By Grace Abels • June 16, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2023 in a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan:

Said he was “able to convince India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to form an organization called the Quad to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea."

By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2023

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stated on July 14, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Las Vegas Sphere displayed a derogatory message directed at President Joe Biden.

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 20, 2023
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stated on July 18, 2023 in an Instagram post:

President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 19, 2023
David Harris Jr.
stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention."

By Tom Kertscher • July 17, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 12, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Joe Biden announced that the U.S. dollar will now become cryptocurrency.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 14, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 12, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Biden points and waves to nobody again.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 14, 2023

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