BORN IN SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, BIDEN MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO DELAWARE IN 1953. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE IN 1965 BEFORE EARNING HIS LAW DEGREE FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY IN 1968. HE WAS ELECTED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY COUNCIL IN 1970 AND TO THE U.S. SENATE IN 1972