
Joe Biden’s personal tragedies have shaped his career, from policy to politicking.
In December 1972, the president – then a 30-year-old senator-elect from Delaware - was weeks away from being sworn into office when he lost his first wife Neilia and 13-month-old daughter Naomi in a car accident. His two sons, Joseph “Beau” Biden III, and Hunter Biden, were also in the car, and suffered injuries.