"There is no one in American politics today whose life has been shaped by more tragic events than Biden," an American magazine wrote of him. Biden's long political journey has been marked by constant tragedy.
When he was elected to the Senate in 1972, his wife and youngest daughter died in a car accident, and in 2015, one of his sons, who survived the same accident, died of brain cancer. His son was also a friend of Kamala Harris, who will now become vice president with him.
According to analysts, these tragic aspects of his life have made him "more like himself, more real and more sympathetic" in the eyes of the average American.
Even in the 2020 presidential election campaign, the tragedies of his personal life are being presented as the basis of his political power. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.
Biden's politics began in the US state of Delaware in 1972 with a successful Senate election. He unexpectedly defeated the then-Republican candidate by a narrow margin.