Joe Biden

(Getty Images) While visiting the Ukraine Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden again proved his capacity to embarrass America by ignoring the many virtues of Ukrainian life and honing right in on the ladies. "I cannot believe that a Frenchman visiting Kiev went back home and told his colleagues he discovered something and didn't say he discovered the most beautiful women in the world. That's my observation," he told Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko through a translator. "It's certain you have so many beautiful women. The problem is that nobody knows what Joe is talking about. Is he talking about some obscure French explorer, or is ... Read Full Story

The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration. Jill Biden said President-elect Barack Obama gave Biden the choice of being secretary of state or vice president. Her comment came when the Bidens made a surprise appearance on Oprah Winfrey's show, recorded at the Kennedy Center. The vice president-elect tried to hush his wife as soon as the words came out of her mouth, with a loud "shhh!" Jill Biden said the job of vice president was better for the family, because as secretary of state he would travel too ... Read Full Story

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Union Station while announcing that Amtrak will receive $1.3 billion in grant funding from the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to expand passenger rail capacity March 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. During his remarks Biden said, "For too long, we haven't made the investments we needed to make Amtrak as safe, as reliable, as secure as it can be. That ends now." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) more pics » Vice President Joe BIden is known for his friendly, colloquial manner. Maybe sometimes a little too colloquial. The Veep made blogger headlines over the weekend ... Read Full Story

Vice President Joe Biden says labor built the middle class, and that he and Sen. Arlen Specter will continue fighting for workers. Biden spoke at a rally before Pittsburgh's annual Labor Day parade Monday. He assured the crowd of about 300 that he and Specter, D-Pa., wouldn't let workers down. Biden also said the administration will get the Employee Free Choice Act done this year. The act makes it easier for unions to organize and is currently before Congress. Later Monday, Biden is to visit with firefighters in Chester, Pa. That event isn't open to the public. Last year, Biden was supposed to be ... Read Full Story

The news of Obama's Veep pick is finally over as he announced to the world several hours ago that the fortunate individual is Seasoned Delaware U.S. Senator Joe Biden (D). Thank Goodness! Now I know the media recently reported on Biden's Son ( a Captain in the U.S. Army ), receiving orders to be deployed to Iraq , but that's another story. For the moment let's just focus on why Obama chose Biden over the other possible, just as qualified candidates. The previous list of other suspected Obama VP Nominees were: Senator Joe Biden Jr. (Del.) Congressman Chet Edwards (TX) Gov. Tim Kaine (VA) ... Read Full Story