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Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III
Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III
Attorney General of Delaware
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 2 2007
Preceded by	Carl C. Danberg
Personal details
Born	February 3, 1969 (age 55); Wilmington, Delaware
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Hallie
Residence(s)	Wilmington, Delaware
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania ; Syracuse University
Profession	Lawyer

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Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III is the incumbent Attorney General of Delaware. He is a Democrat.

Early life and family

Biden was born February 3, 1969 in Wilmington, Delaware, the oldest son of U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and his first wife, Neilia Hunter. His mother and baby sister were killed in an automobile accident in 1972, in which he was also badly injured. He is a graduate of Archmere Academy, the University of Pennsylvania, and Syracuse University College of Law. From 1995 to 2002, he was a federal prosecutor in Philadelphia. It took Biden four attempts to pass the Delaware Bar Exam, one of the toughest bar exams in the U.S.^[1] Subsequently, he was a partner in the Wilmington law firm Bifferato, Gentilotti, Biden & Balick.

2006 Delaware Attorney General election

In his first attempt at political office, Biden ran for Attorney General of Delaware in 2006. Biden's opponent was veteran State Prosecutor and assistant U.S. Attorney Ferris Wharton. Major issues in the campaign included Experience, Sex Offenders, Internet Predators, Senior Abuse, and Domestic Abuse.

Biden won the election and was sworn in as Delaware's Attorney General on January 2, 2007. Since then, Biden made the following appointments: International Judge Richard Geblein, a former Delaware Attorney General himself, was appointed as Chief Deputy Attorney General; and former assistant U.S. Attorney Richard G. Andrews was appointed as State Prosecutor.

Military service

Biden is a member of the Delaware Army National Guard, as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General's office. In August of 2007, he received notice that his unit would be deployed to Iraq some time in 2008. His father, Senator Biden, is on the record as saying, "I don't want him going. But I tell you what, I don't want my grandson or my granddaughters going back in 15 years, and so how we leave makes a big difference." ^[2]

Public offices

Office	Type	Location	Elected	Took Office	Term Ends	notes
Attorney General	Executive	Dover	2006	January 2 2007	January 3 2011

Election results

Year	Office	Election		Subject	Party	Votes	%		Opponent	Party	Votes	%
2006	Attorney General	General		Joseph R. Biden, III	Democratic	133,152	53%		Ferris Wharton	Republican	120,062	47%

References

^ Barrish, Cris (October 2, 2006). "Del. bar exam trips many, including Beau Biden (free article preview)". Delaware News-Journal,.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ "unknown". Delaware News-Journal,. {{cite news}}: Cite uses generic title (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

The 2007-2008 Legislative Roster. Delaware State Chamber of Commerce. 2007. {{cite book}}: |first= has numeric name (help); |first= missing |last= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

Places with more information

University of Delaware Library 181 South College Ave., Newark, Delaware (302) 831-2965.
Historical Society of Delaware 505 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware (302) 655-7161.

[1] Barrish, Cris (October 2, 2006). "Del. bar exam trips many, including Beau Biden (free article preview)". Delaware News-Journal,.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

[2] "unknown". Delaware News-Journal,. {{cite news}}: Cite uses generic title (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

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-'''Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III''' (born [[February 3]], [[1969]]) is an [[United States |American]] [[politician]] and [[lawyer]] from [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]], in [[New Castle County, Delaware |New Castle County]], [[Delaware]]. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States) |Democratic Party]] and is the incumbent [[Attorney General of Delaware]].
+'''Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III''' is the incumbent [[Attorney General of Delaware]].  He is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].
 ==Early life and family==
-Biden was born [[February 3]], [[1969]] in [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]], [[Delaware]], the oldest son of [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Joe Biden|Joseph R. Biden, Jr.]] and his first wife Neilia Hunter. His mother and baby sister were killed in an automobile accident in 1972, in which he was also badly injured. He is a graduate of Archmere Academy, the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and [[Syracuse University College of Law]]. From 1995 to 2002 he was a federal prosecutor who served in the [[United States Department of Justice]]. Subsequently, he was a partner in the [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] law firm of Bifferato, Gentilotti, Biden & Balick.
+Biden was born [[February 3]], [[1969]] in [[Wilmington, Delaware]], the oldest son of [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Joe Biden|Joseph R. Biden, Jr.]] and his first wife, Neilia Hunter. His mother and baby sister were killed in an automobile accident in 1972, in which he was also badly injured. He is a graduate of Archmere Academy, the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and [[Syracuse University College of Law]]. From 1995 to 2002, he was a [[United States Department of Justice|federal prosecutor]] in Philadelphia. It took Biden four attempts to pass the Delaware [[Bar examination|Bar Exam]], one of the toughest bar exams in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news |title= Del. bar exam trips many, including Beau Biden (free article preview) |url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=delawareonline&f_site=delawareonline&f_sitename=The%20News%20Journal&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=biden%20bar%20exam&Search=Search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=keyword&p_product=NWJB&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0=- |publisher= Delaware News-Journal, |first= Cris |last= Barrish|date= October 2, 2006}}</ref>  Subsequently, he was a partner in the Wilmington law firm Bifferato, Gentilotti, Biden & Balick.
 ==2006 Delaware Attorney General election==
-In his first attempt at political office, Biden ran for [[Attorney General of Delaware]] in 2006. Biden's opponent in the fall was veteran state prosecutor Ferris Wharton. In the beginning, Delaware political operative Dan Logan and Biden staffer Sarah Gallagher ran his campaign, and in June of 2006, Biden brought in his cousin, Missy Owens, the daughter of his father's campaign manager, to run the campaign. Major issues in the campaign included Internet Predators, Sex Offenders, Senior Abuse, Domestic Abuse, and Experience.  Wharton claimed to be the more experienced of the two candidates.
+In his first attempt at political office, Biden ran for [[Attorney General of Delaware]] in 2006. Biden's opponent was veteran State [[Prosecutor]] and assistant [[U.S. Attorney]] Ferris Wharton.  Major issues in the campaign included Experience, Sex Offenders, Internet Predators, Senior Abuse, and Domestic Abuse.
-Since his election, Biden has made two noteworthy appointments: International Judge Richard Geblein, a former [[Attorney General of Delaware]] himself, was appointed as Chief Deputy Attorney General.  Biden also appointed former assistant [[U.S. Attorney]] Richard G. Andrews to be his state [[prosecutor]]. Biden was sworn in as Delaware's Attorney General on January 2, 2007.
+Biden won the election and was sworn in as Delaware's Attorney General on January 2, 2007.  Since then, Biden made the following appointments: International Judge Richard Geblein, a former Delaware Attorney General himself, was appointed as Chief Deputy Attorney General; and former assistant U.S. Attorney Richard G. Andrews was appointed as State Prosecutor.
 ==Military service==
-Biden is a member of the [[Delaware Army National Guard]], as a [[Captain]] in the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army|Judge Advocate General]]'s office.  In August of 2007, he received notice that his unit would be deployed to Iraq some time in 2008.  His father, Senator Biden, is on the record as saying, "I don't want him going.  But I tell you what, I don't want my grandson or my granddaughters going back in 15 years, and so how we leave makes a big difference." [http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/NEWS/708170327/-1/NEWS01]
+Biden is a member of the [[Delaware Army National Guard]], as a [[Captain]] in the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army|Judge Advocate General]]'s office.  In August of 2007, he received notice that his unit would be deployed to Iraq some time in 2008.  His father, Senator Biden, is on the record as saying, "I don't want him going.  But I tell you what, I don't want my grandson or my granddaughters going back in 15 years, and so how we leave makes a big difference." <ref>{{cite news |title=  unknown |url= http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/NEWS/708170327/-1/NEWS01 |publisher= Delaware News-Journal, |first= |last= |date= }}</ref>
 ==Public offices==
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 ==References==
+<references/>
 *{{cite book|title = The 2007-2008 Legislative Roster|last = |first =.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 2007|publisher = Delaware State Chamber of Commerce|location = |id =}}
-*[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=delawareonline&f_site=delawareonline&f_sitename=News+Journal%2C+The+%28Wilmington%2C+DE%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=NWJB&p_action=search&p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=Beau+Biden+AG+win&Search=Search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=keyword&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0= AG Win puts second Biden in power]
 ==External links==
 *[http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/ Attorney General web site]
 *[http://www.bidenag.com/ Delaware's Attorney General]
+*[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=delawareonline&f_site=delawareonline&f_sitename=News+Journal%2C+The+%28Wilmington%2C+DE%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=NWJB&p_action=search&p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=Beau+Biden+AG+win&Search=Search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=keyword&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0= AG Win puts second Biden in power]
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