Obama Picks Biden for Vice President (VIDEO)

VEEP PICK: Obama picking Joseph Biden for VP, Vice President, and presenting him in their first public appearance on Saturday 8/23/08. Video on the story here.

Obama Picks Biden for Vice President (VIDEO)
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has chosen Delaware Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, reports CNN.

Joseph Biden, 65, is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has four children, one of whom is deceased. Background info via Wiki: In 1966, while in law school, Biden married Neilia Hunter. Obama's VP pick Biden had three children, Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III, Robert Hunter, and Naomi. His wife and infant daughter died in a car accident shortly after he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972. Joe Biden's two young sons, Beau and Hunter, were seriously injured in the accident, but both eventually made full recoveries. In 1977, Biden married Jill Tracy Jacobs. They have one daughter, Ashley.

Thus far press reaction seems to be positive for Obama's selection of Joe BIden for VP. As Vice President, he would be a strong voice that offered checks and balances to Obama, and far from a yes man, but not the evil mastermind we had in Cheney either. Biden as a candidate for Vice President also brings lots of experience, and Biden as Veep candidate is a strong attack dog to complement Obama's more gentle, dignified nature.