Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. is the oldest of the four children

As a child he had a debilitating stammer for which he was teased by his classmates in school

In his personal life, Biden suffered family tragedies.he lost his first wife Neilia and baby daughter Naomi in a car accident.

In 2015, Biden lost his son Beau to brain cancer

The young Biden was drafted for service in the Vietnam War after he passed out of law school but he failed the medical as he suffered from asthma.

Biden played American Football at a Catholic prep school called Archmere Academy

In a 2008 interview, Joe Biden confessed that the classic "Chariots of Fire" was his favourite movie.

He became the oldest first-term president in the history of the US at the age of 77.