Joe Biden's Defining Moments
From 26 years in the Senate to two failed Presidential campaigns, the experiences that forged Obama's Veep nominee
Senate Election, 1972
Joe Biden was just 29 when he rode youth and stump skills to a 3,162-vote Senate upset of GOP incumbent J. Caleb Boggs. (He cleared the 30-year-old age minimum required by the Senate later that month.) Five weeks later his wife and daughter were killed, and his two sons injured, in a car accident while Christmas shopping. Biden was convinced to take his seat anyway by Sen. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield.
—Massimo Calabresi
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