Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign
The 1988 presidential campaign of Joe Biden, a Democratic U.S. Senator from Delaware, began in June 1987. Originally, Biden was regarded as potentially one of the strongest candidates in the field. In September 1987, however, reports emerged that he had plagiarized a speech by the British Leader of the Opposition and Labour Party Leader, Neil Kinnock. Other allegations of past law school plagiarism and exaggerating his academic record soon followed and Biden withdrew from the race later that month.
Biden in 1986
Announcement of Biden's official candidacy
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
Official portrait, 2021
Neilia Hunter, Joe, Hunter, Naomi Christina and Beau Biden, c. 1972
Biden in the Syracuse 1968 yearbook
Biden and his second wife, Jill, met in 1975 and married in 1977.