Best of Biden (33 images)

Sen. Joseph Biden Jr. (D-DE) speaks during a Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing about the drug Ecstasy March 21, 2001, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI

US Senator Joseph Biden, (D-DE), talks during a meeting to vote on John Bolton to be U. S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 19, 2005. (UPI Photo/Kamenko Pajic)

Sen. Joseph Biden, D-DE, testifies on professional sports drug testing policies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on March 10, 2004 in Washington. (UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld)

Sens. Joe Biden speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting to vote on the nomination of John Bolton to be the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. on May 12, 2005, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)