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On 27 . In August 1966 , Biden married his high school sweetheart Neilia Hunter in
Skaneateles, Onondaga County. From the marriage produced three children: Joseph
Robinette (called III " Beau " , 1969 - 2015 ), Robert Hunter (* 1970 ) and Naomi
Christina ( 1971 - 1972 ). At 18 . December 1972 , Neilia and Naomi were killed in a
traffic accident, the two sons survived injured. Biden took his oath for the US Senate
in January 1973 at their sickbed. At 17 . June 1977 Biden married in New York City
Jill Tracy Jacobs, with whom he has the daughter Ashley (* 1981 ). At 30 . May 2015
his son Beau died of a brain tumor. Biden has seven grandchildren.
Biden won his first political mandate when he was elected to the New Castle County
Council in November 1970 . In the election to the US Senate in 1972 , he was one of
the youngest ever to win at the age of 29 and represented the state of Delaware in
the United States Senate from 1973 until he became Vice President in 2009 . He
won five re-elections. As a daily train driver, he represented Amtrak's interests in the
Senate, and saw himself as an advocate of Dover US Airforce Base and the
Delaware chicken processing industry. As a speaker he is known for his eloquent
and emotional, often long speeches. For many years he sat on the United States
Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the United States Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations. In the latter he was most recently chairman and thus one of the
most prominent foreign politicians of the congress.
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