Mr. Biden has settled into a role of what Mr. Obama compares to a basketball player "who does a bunch of things that don't show up in the stat sheet,"...
AP | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The president's confidant _ not the deputy president. That's how Joe Biden sees his role as vice president to Barack Obama. Biden ...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics
Vice President Joe Biden made a joke Wednesday at the expense of Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, who flubbed his lines while swearing in Pre...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics
If it were not for the emotional threads of Barack Obama's personal story, it seems very likely that more attention would be paid to Joseph Biden's ow...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
The Obama transition team made a mistake by not consulting with Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California before choosing Leon Panetta to head th...
AP | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Vice President-elect Joe Biden said Sunday he had chosen a close adviser of more than 25 years as his counselor and had picked two ...
New York Times | HELENE COOPER | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON - The day before Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s birthday last week, Barack Obama surprised him after lunch with candlelighted cupcakes. Within hours...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
It's hard to remember, but at one point in time Joe Biden was considered the Democratic Party's Barack Obama -- the up-and-coming candidate of a new g...
Michael Hughes | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home
"Hi, I'm John McCain and I approve this message. But, before we begin, I have to admit...I can't believe my opponent's running mate said this. Makin...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
The McCain campaign's newest television advertisement, released Friday morning, goes straight after Barack Obama's readiness to handle an internationa...
Reny Monk | Posted 11.22.2008 | Home
Joe Biden was a bad choice from the beginning. The man is "bitter and angry." Biden spoke his mind during the primary, when he stated that Obama was not ready to be president and that the presidency was no place for on the job training. If that didn't tip Obama off, what will?
John Rember | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home
How to explain an administration that nationalizes the banking system even as it praises the free market? How to explain a financial system that turned debt into wealth, and wealth into debt? How is it that most people don't even know which country their house belongs to?
Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home
I watched the debate in a room full of rowdy, noisy folks last night in Tucson, Arizona. Comments flew across the room, most directed at Sarah Palin: ...
Sari Levy | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home
All I can say is, praise the Lord I was in a Boulder Bar when it happened. I don't usually like crowds of any kind, ever, because basically I can't s...
James Camner | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home
Our debate party took place at the house of our friends Stephen and Alexandra in Princeton, NJ. There were eight of us watching the debate. The educa...
Christine Wicker | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home
Glory, glory, they agreed that gay and lesbian partners should have the rights of other citizens. Partners should be counted as family in work benefits and hospital visits. If you're over 40, you probably never thought you'd see such agreement in an election.
Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden assured a crowd of donors in Lincoln Park Tuesday night that he would handle himself just fine in his d...
Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics
In an ad airing in Northeast Pennsylvania, Joe Biden tries to make Barack Obama more familiar to working-class voters. He compares Obama's childhood t...
Michael Shaw | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics
Biden is one of the few liberals that could pull off a scene like this. Too bad American politics -- especially under GOP rules -- is so much about manhood, but that's how it's played.
Huffington Post | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics
Biden gave a fiery speech in which he praised Obama and criticized McCain, saying "these times require more than a good soldier, they require a wise...
Washington Post | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics
As Sen. Barack Obama closes in on his running mate pick, one prospect with clear momentum is Sen. Joseph Biden Jr. Even difficult news for the Delawa...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Sen. Joseph Biden started his speech to the Center for U.S. Global Engagement on Tuesday with the caveat that he is not an Obama insider. But he certa...
NY Times | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics