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Age 24 –
Married first wife Neilia in 1966
Age 26 – Received law
degree in 1968
Age 27 – Began practicing
law in 1969
Age 27 –
1st son was born in 1969
Age 28 –
2nd son was born in 1970
Age 29 –
1st daughter was born in 1971
Age 30 –
Wife Neilia and 1-year old daughter were
killed
in a car accident, and two sons were critically
injured few weeks after he won the Senator election in Dec 1972
Age 31 – Elected to
US Senator from Delaware, and
subsequently re-elected 6 more times (served 36 years from 1973 to
2009 until he resigned to take the VP of United States position)
Age 35 –
Married second wife Jill in 1977
Age 39 –
2nd daughter was born in 1981
Age 45 – Ran for the
Democratic nomination for
President in 1987, but withdrew later
Age 46 – Almost died from
aneurysm and complications
in 1988
Age 49 – Started to teach
a seminar on constitutional
law as an adjunct professor at the
Widener University School of Law in 1991
Age 65 – Ran for the
Democratic nomination for
President in 2007 for the 2nd time, but
withdrew later
Age 65 – Written his
first book,
“Promises to Keep: On Life and
Politics” in 2007
Age 66 – Became the
47th Vice President of the United
States
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