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After five decades in politics, President Joe Biden's political career is coming to an end as he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race.
But what was Joe Biden's political career?
1972: US Senator
Biden became one of the youngest senators in US history when he defeated Sen. J. Caleb Boggs at age 29. Shortly after he was elected to the Senate, his wife Neilia and their one-year-old daughter Naomi were killed in a car accident.
1973: Sworn in as a senator
The US leader was sworn in as a senator at his sons' hospital beds in Wilmington. Beau and Hunter were injured in the car accident that killed their mother and sister. Biden would commute from Wilmington to Washington each day.
He was a senator from Delaware for 36 years and played a leading role in addressing important domestic and international challenges, including writing the Violence Against Women Act.
He also played an important role in the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.
1977: Marries Jill Biden
Biden married Jill Jacobs in 1977 and in 1980 they welcomed their daughter Ashley.
1988: Runs for the Democratic presidential nomination
The president ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and later in 2008, but did not win either time.
2008: Vice President
Barack Obama chose Biden as his running mate and he went on to become the 47th Vice President of the United States in 2009.
During his vice presidency, Biden was tasked with helping rebuild the economy after the financial crisis and helped secure Senate approval of the New START nuclear arms control treaty with Russia.
He also helped Obama pass the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).
2020: The Presidency
Biden ran for the White House and was sworn in as the 46th president on January 20, 2021. Almost immediately after taking office, he signed two executive orders to restore the Affordable Care Act.
He described it as damage done by Trump after his failed efforts to repeal Obamacare.
He also chaired the US Rescue Plan, which spent $1.9 trillion (£1.5 trillion) to support American families and businesses during the pandemic. And then in 2021, he decided to withdraw the final US troops from Afghanistan.
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US has given more than $70 billion in aid to Ukraine under Mr. Biden's leadership. This is almost three times the amount of its biggest supporter, Germany with 14 billion dollars./ SkyNews
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