Vice President Joseph Biden is my 20th cousin 1 x removed. The ancestor who connect us together is Maud Marshall (1192 – 1248), my 19th great grandmother.

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who served as the 47th vice president associated with the United States from 2009 to 2017. Biden also represented Delaware when you look at the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. A member associated with the Democratic Party, Biden is an applicant for President into the 2020 election.

Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and lived there for 10 years before moving along with his family to Delaware. He became an attorney in 1969 and was elected into the New Castle County Council in 1970. He had been first elected towards the U.S. Senate in 1972, as he became the sixth-youngest senator in American history. Biden was re-elected into the upper house of Congress six times and was the fourth most senior senator as he resigned to assume the vice presidency in ’09. Biden was a long-time member and former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He opposed the Gulf War in 1991, but advocated U.S. and NATO intervention into the Bosnian War in 1994 and 1995. He voted in favor of the resolution authorizing the Iraq War in 2002 but opposed the surge of U.S. troops in 2007. He has got also served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dealing with issues associated with drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties. Biden led the efforts to pass through the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, and the Violence Against Women Act. He also chaired the Judiciary Committee through the contentious U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Biden unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 plus in 2008.

My genealogical chart shows the ancestor that Joseph Biden that connect us as family:

Joseph Robinett Biden Jr.
20th cousin 1x removed

Joseph Robinett Robinette Sr Biden Sr. (1915 – 2002)
Father of Joseph Robinett Biden Jr.

Mary Elizabeth Robbinette (1894 – 1943)
Mother of Joseph Robinett Robinette Sr Biden Sr.

George Tanner ROBINETTE (1756 – 1831)
Father of Mary Elizabeth Robbinette

Jesse ROBINETTE (1776 – 1832)
Father of George Tanner ROBINETTE

Moses J George Robinett (1819 – 1903)
Father of Jesse ROBINETTE

George H. Robinette (1844 – 1914)
Father of Moses J George Robinett

Nathan Robinette (1717 – 1803)
Father of George H. Robinette

Mary Taylor (1674 – 1747)
Mother of Nathan Robinette

William Taylor (1640 – 1683)
Father of Mary Taylor

William Taylor , Col. (1605 – 1687)
Father of William Taylor

Thomas Taylor , Cpt.
Father of William Taylor , Col.

Thomas Taylor (1548 – 1588)
Father of Thomas Taylor , Cpt.

Margaret Tyndal (1510 – )
Mother of Thomas Taylor

William Tyndal (1440 – 1488) Father of Margaret Tyndal

Thomas Tyndal (1411 – 1448)
Father of William Tyndal

Helena de Felbrigge (1390 – 1426)
Mother of Thomas Tyndal

Simon de Felbrigge (1367 – 1431)
Father of Helena de Felbrigge

Roger de Felbrigge (1342 – 1368)
Father of Simon de Felbrigge

Simon le Bigod (1281 – 1349)
Father of Roger de Felbrigge

Roger le Bigod (1242 – 1295)
Father of Simon le Bigod

Simon le Bigod (1218 – 1242)
Father of Roger le Bigod

Maud Marshall (1192 – 1248)
Mother of Simon le Bigod