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President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

"Joseph Biden" and "Biden" redirect here. For his first-born son, Joseph Biden III, see Beau Biden. For other uses, see Biden (disambiguation).

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama, and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009.

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden moved with his family to Delaware in 1953. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 and the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and the U.S. Senate in 1972. As a senator, Biden drafted and led the effort to pass the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. He also oversaw six U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Bi

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President of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)

For other uses, see Donald Trump (disambiguation).

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.

Born in New York City, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it the Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. After a series of bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s, he began side ventures. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television show The Apprentice. A political outsider, Trump won the 2016 presidential election against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

In his first term, Trump imposed a travel ban on citizens from six Muslim-majority countries, expanded the U.S.–Mexico border wall, and implemented a family separation policy. He rolled back

Donald Trump was first elected on November 8, 2016, in what was widely seen as a surprise upset victory. He was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. By the time he left office after losing the 2020 presidential election to former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump’s first term was largely defined by scandal, investigation, and intense partisan division. Both supporters and critics often used the word “unprecedented” to describe his time in office. The historically unusual nature of his presidency was confirmed four years later when he became the second person ever, and the first since the 19th century, elected to two non-consecutive terms. He took the oath of office for the second time on January 20, 2025.

A number of factors marked Trump as distinctive even before his time in the White House began. At 70 years old in 2016, he became the oldest person to ever assume the presidency, surpassing a record set by Ronald Reagan, who was 69 when he took office in 1981. Trump’s successor, Joseph Biden, re-set the record for oldest president when he was inaugurated four years later, shortly after his 78th birthday. Trump again became the oldest president to be inaugurated on January 20, 2025, at the age of 78 and a half.

He was also the first president never to have served in either public office or in military leadership before arriving in the White House. Finally, in 2016, he became the fifth person (and the second in sixteen years) to win a victory in the Electoral College but to lose the popular vote. His Democratic challenger in 2016, Hillary Clinton, won 2.8 million more votes than Trump did, but he prevailed in the Electoral College, 304 to 227. In 2024, Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in both the Electoral College, 312 to 226, and the popular vote, 49.9 percent to 48.4 percent.

Trump was also the first US president to be impeached twice. In December 2019, the Democratically controll