====== Joe Biden ======

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**Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.** is an American politician currently serving as the 46th President of the [[United States]].

He is the father of [[Hunter Biden]] and [[Ashley Biden]], and spouse of [[Jill Biden]].

===== History =====

==== Vice Presidency ====

Biden visited a facility run by blood testing company [[medical_technology_companies:Theranos]] on July 23, 2015.((Theranos [@Theranos]. (2015, July 23). //“The  @VP ’s visit highlights our commitment to manufacturing in the U.S. and pioneering a new era of preventive health.”// [Tweet]. Twitter. http://archive.today/2023.03.11-184319/https://twitter.com/theranos/status/624383223884197888)) The laboratory setup was entirely staged for the photo op.((Harnes, A. (2022, July 30). //The Wild Way Elizabeth Holmes And Theranos Tricked Joe Biden.// MSN. http://archive.today/2023.03.11-184606/https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-wild-way-elizabeth-holmes-and-theranos-tricked-joe-biden/ar-AA108JxP))

==== 2020 Presidential Election ====

On October 25, 2019, Biden published a statement on [[Twitter]] warning that President [[Donald Trump]] had "rolled back progress" on strengthening global health security made by him and President [[Barack Obama]], leaving the [[United States]] "not prepared for a pandemic".((Joe Biden [@JoeBiden]. (2019, October 25). //“We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores.”// [Tweet]. Twitter. https://archive.ph/EK2mI)) ((Rosenberg, A. (2020, October 25). //Twitter marvels at a prophetic Joe Biden tweet from exactly one year ago.// Mashable. https://archive.ph/ZgkcF))

==== Presidency ====

In November 2022 and January 2023, it was reported that documents marked as "classified" were discovered in offices used by Biden following his tenure as Vice President.((Lee, C. E., & Dilanian, K. (2023, January 11). //Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location.// NBC News. https://archive.ph/0NltD)) 

The first batch was discovered in a locker at the [[Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement]] on November 2, 2022, "days before the midterm elections."((Memoli, M., Delanian, K., Richards, Z., & Nobles, R. (2023, January 10). //Justice Department is examining a “small number” of classified documents found at Biden think tank.// NBC News. https://archive.ph/up5u7))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden|Wikipedia]]
  * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Joe_Biden|Wikispooks]]