History UsefulNotes / JoeBiden

* ButtMonkey: ''TheOnion'' sees him as this. For a list of their articles on him, see [[http://www.theonion.com/topics/joe-biden/ here]].

* DarkHorseVictory: His first Senate election in 1972: The incumbent Senator [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Caleb_Boggs J. Caleb Boggs]] was considering retiring, and the only two Republicans running were tearing each other apart in the primary. RichardNixon stepped in and convinced Boggs to run again, and no one other than Biden tried running against him. His zero dollar campaign was run primarily by his sister Valerie. He trailed Boggs as far as 30%, but come election day he won by 50.5% to Boggs 49.1%, by only 3162 votes.

* {{Determinator}}: After the death of his wife and daughter he threw himself into being a single father to his sons, commuting one and a half hours from Wilmington, Pennsylvania, to DC everyday so that he'd be able to take them to school in the morning and tuck them in at night. This led to him becoming one of America's leading proponents of rail travel and Amtrak would even delay departures by several minutes specifically so that Biden could make it home.

* RailEnthusiast: A vocal supporter of Amtrak, he regularly commuted by train from his home in Delaware to Washington during his time in the Senate. Amtrak responded by naming the Wilmington train station after him.

** {{Determinator}}: How many men would try so hard?

* OpenMouthInsertFoot: When you ask a wheelchair-bound veteran to "Stand up and take a bow", you deserve the reputation for this.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Was regularly equated to GeorgeHWBush's RecklessSidekick Vice President DanQuayle before his strong performance in the 2012 VP debate.

* BadassGrandpa: Many Democrats saw him as one after the 2012 vice-presidential debate, pulling no punches about attacking Paul Ryan's record and openly calling what he had to say "malarkey."
* BerserkButton: Do not, EVER, make flippant remarks about car crashes in front of him, as his first wife and daughter were killed in one in 1972. Take the 2012 VP debate for an example.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Joe maintains to this day that he fell in love with Jill at first sight.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Take a good look at Joe Biden. He does ''not'' look over 70 years old.

[[caption-width-right:300:Been Senator since [[BarackObama the President]] was in High School.]]

'''Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.''' (November 20, 1942-), or just Joe. He is the current Vice President of the United States. [[LongRunners He is also a former US Senator (Democrat from Delaware) from 1973-2009 (36 years)]]; at the time of his election, he was just barely the minimum age to serve (he turned 30 between the election and his inauguration in January). Served 6 complete 6 year terms, and ran for a seventh while running for VP. [[CaptainObvious He won both]]. He resigned his Senate seat before he and BarackObama were sworn in. Also [[{{Mondegreen}} T.I. wants him]].

* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Obama's blue. If you watched the debates he'd also be one for Ryan's blue.

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (November 20, 1942-), or just Joe. He is the current Vice President of the United States. [[LongRunners He is also a former US Senator (Democrat from Delaware) from 1973-2009 (36 years)]]; at the time of his election, he was just barely the minimum age to serve (he turned 30 between the election and his inauguration in January). Served 6 complete 6 year terms, and ran for a seventh while running for VP. [[CaptainObvious He won both]]. He resigned his Senate seat before he and BarackObama were sworn in. Also [[{{Mondegreen}} T.I. wants him]].

* AsHimself: On the Season 5 ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' "Leslie vs. April." (Leslie Knope's [[CelebCrush crush]] on Biden was a long-standing RunningGag on the show, and the cameo was explained as her fiancée Ben calling in favors to give her an engagement present.)

* AsHimself: On the Season 5 ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' "Leslie vs. April." (Leslie Knope's crush on Biden was a long-standing RunningGag on the show, and the cameo was explained as her fiancée Ben calling in favors to give her an engagement present.)

* AsHimself: On the November 15th episode of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Take a good look at Joe Biden. He does ''not'' look 71 years old.

* MagnumOpus: InvokedTrope. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_Against_Women_Act Violence Against Women Act of 1994]] was in his words '' ...the single most significant legislation that I’ve crafted during my 35-year tenure in the Senate.''

* LoopholeAbuse: One of the qualifications for Senator is you must be 30 years old, Biden wasn't 30 when he was elected, but he was when he was sworn in. To be fair, he isn't [[UsefulNotes/HenryClay the first]].

* LoopholeAbuse: One of the qualifications for Senator is you must be 30 years old, Biden wasn't 30 when he was elected, but he was when he was sworn in.
** To be fair, he isn't [[UsefulNotes/HenryClay the first]].

* AsHimself: On the November 15th episode of ParksAndRecreation.

* SilverFox

* SesameStreetCred: Once [[http://politicalsmokeout.tumblr.com/post/35579341040/a-biden-y-blast-from-the-past made a cameo]] on ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''

* CurseOfTheAncients: Why some of people thought "bunch of malarkey" was so funny is that you don't hear it that much today, but it fits everyone's image of him as your {{Cloudcuckoolander}} great-uncle.

* LongRunners: He technically has more seniority than current President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy, and thus if he weren't already VP after DanielInouye died, ''he'' would be the President Pro Tem.