Biden's father had been wealthy, but suffered financial setbacks around the time Biden was born,[10][11][12] and for several years the family lived with Biden's maternal grandparents.[13] Scranton fell into economic decline during the 1950s and Biden's father could not find steady work.[14] Beginning in 1953, the family lived in an apartment in Claymont, Delaware, before moving to a house in Wilmington, Delaware.[13] Biden Sr. later became a successful used-car salesman, maintaining the family in a middle-class lifestyle.[13][14][15]
ບິດາຂອງ Biden ເຄີຍຮັ່ງມີ, ແຕ່ໄດ້ປະສົບກັບຄວາມຫຍຸ້ງຍາກທາງດ້ານການເງິນໃນຊ່ວງເວລາທີ່ Biden ເກີດ, [1] [2] [3] ແລະເປັນເວລາຫລາຍປີທີ່ຄອບຄົວດຳລົງຊີວິດຢູ່ກັບປູ່ຍ່າຂອງ Biden. [4] Scranton ຕົກຢູ່ໃນສະພາບເສດຖະກິດເສື່ອມໂຊມໃນໄລຍະປີ 1950 ແລະພໍ່ຂອງ Biden ບໍ່ສາມາດຊອກຫາວຽກໄດ້ຢ່າງຕໍ່ເນື່ອງ. [5] ເລີ່ມຕົ້ນໃນປີ 1953, ຄອບຄົວໄດ້ອາໄສຢູ່ອາພາດເມັ້ນແຫ່ງ ໜຶ່ງ ໃນ Claymont, Delaware, ກ່ອນທີ່ຈະຍ້າຍໄປຢູ່ເຮືອນໃນ Wilmington, Delaware .