Joe Biden
Background
AI-generatedJoe Biden is an American politician who served as the 46th President of the United States from 2021 to 2025.
Role
Biden is a former U.S. president and elder statesman of the Democratic Party, having left office in January 2025 after one term. He no longer holds elected office but remains a prominent public figure whose statements and activities continue to draw media attention.
Background
Biden had a decades-long career in national politics prior to the presidency, including representing Delaware in the U.S. Senate from the 1970s through 2009 and serving as vice president under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017. He won the presidency in 2020, defeating incumbent Donald Trump, and his term included responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, infrastructure legislation, and foreign policy matters such as the withdrawal from Afghanistan and support for Ukraine. He withdrew from the 2024 presidential race amid concerns about his age and was succeeded in office by Donald Trump in January 2025.
Why they are in the news
By mid-2026, Biden appears in the news primarily as a former president whose record and legacy are referenced amid ongoing coverage of the current Trump administration's policies and controversies, such as financial disclosures and business dealings. Coverage involving Biden in this period is largely comparative or retrospective rather than tied to new actions taken by him directly.
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