Joseph R. Biden

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex on Dec. 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) caused a stir of his own with his chuckles and interruptions during a televised debate with Rep. Paul Ryan, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s running mate. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden listens as President Obama announces his assignment to head a task force to look into the causes of gun violence. Mr. Biden is to consult Cabinet officials and outside groups and submit proposals to the president by the end of January. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) listens as President Obama gestures as he talks about the "fiscal cliff" negotiations during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Washington. Mr. Obama also announced that Mr. Biden will lead an administrationwide effort to curb gun violence in response to the Connecticut school shootings. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Members of New York’s Electoral College cast votes in the presidential election in the New York state Senate Chamber in Albany, N.Y., to elect President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Monday. (Associated Press)

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President Obama passes Vice President Joseph R. Biden after speaking on the economy and the deficit on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden — accompanied by his son Beau Biden; Beau's wife, Hallie; and their daughter, Natalie — stands in line to cast his ballot at Alexis I. duPont High School on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Greenville, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)