Family of Joe Biden
Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States, has family members who are prominent in law, education, activism and politics. Biden's immediate family became the first family of the United States on his inauguration on January 20, 2021. His immediate family circle was also the second family of the United States from 2009 to 2017, when Biden was vice president. Biden's family is mostly descended from the British Isles, with most of their ancestors coming from Ireland and England, and a smaller number descending from the French.
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Joe Biden, surrounded by members of his family, as he takes the presidential oath of office at his inauguration ceremony in 2021 | |
| Current region | Greenville, Delaware / Washington D.C. |
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U.S. Senator from Delaware 47th Vice President of the United States
46th President of the United States Incumbent
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Of Joe Biden's sixteen great-great-grandparents, ten were born in Ireland. He is descended from the Blewitts of County Mayo and the Finnegans of County Louth. One of Biden's great-great-great-grandfathers was born in Sussex, England, and emigrated to Maryland in the United States by 1820.