USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN

[SOURCES]
Where was Joe Biden born?

(A) ** Scranton, PA

(B) Claymont, Delaware

(C) Houston, Texas

(D) Orlando, Florida

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden moved with his family to Delaware in 1953. He studied at the University of Delaware before earning his law degree from Syracuse University.

Concept note-2: -For several years, the family had to live with Biden’s maternal grandparents, the Finnegans. Biden Jr. attended St. Paul’s, a Catholic primary school in Scranton. He made several lifelong friends in Scranton, who describe “file drawers full of memories” of childhood antics and escapades.

Concept note-3: -The President Biden Expressway begins at an interchange with US 11/PA 307 and Cedar Avenue in Scranton, with access to northbound US 11/PA 307 and from southbound US 11/PA 307. From here, the President Biden Expressway heads east-southeast as a four-lane freeway.

Concept note-4: -Joe Biden’s tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021. Biden, a Democrat from Delaware who previously served as vice president under Barack Obama, took office following his victory in the 2020 presidential election over Republican incumbent president Donald Trump.