Which state did Joe Biden represent in the Senate for 36 years before becoming Vice President in 2009?
Joe Biden Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr. ( ; born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 47th Vice President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Delaware as a United States Senator from 1973 until becoming Vice President in 2009.
United States Senate elections, 2010 Elections to the United States Senate were held on November 2, 2010 for 37 of the United States Senate's 100 seats. (A special election on January 19, 2010 in Massachusetts was held earlier in the year.) Thirty-four of the elections were for six-year terms to the Senate's "class three", while the other three elections were special elections for shorter terms. Of the 37 elections, 19 featured incumbent Democrats (7 of whom retired or were defeated in the primary) and 18 featured incumbent Republicans (eight of whom retired or were defeated in the primary).