Joe Biden family's sixteen great-great grandparents, ten were born in Ireland.
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20 Facts About Biden family
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One of Biden family's great-great-great grandfathers was born in Sussex, England, and emigrated to Maryland in the United States in or before 1822.
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Biden family's firstborn daughter, Naomi Christina Biden, died in 1972, in the same car accident as her mother, and his firstborn son, Joseph "Beau" R Biden III, died in 2015 after a fight with brain cancer.
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Biden family was a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, as was his father.
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Beau played an active role in his father's 2008 vice presidential campaign, speaking at the Democratic National Convention after Joe Biden family was nominated for Vice President of the United States.
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Biden family recounted the auto accident that killed his mother and sister and the subsequent parenting commitment his father made to his sons, a speech at which many delegates wept.
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Later that month, Biden family was transferred to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and kept for observation for several days.
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Biden family had radiation and chemotherapy treatments and the cancer remained stable.
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Biden family was buried at St Joseph's on the Brandywine in Greenville, Delaware.
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Biden family graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Georgetown University in 1992.
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When Biden family was in elementary school, she discovered that the cosmetics company Bonne Bell tested its products on animals.
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Biden family's wrote a letter to the company asking them to change their policy on animal testing.
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Biden family's later got involved in dolphin conservation, inspiring her father to work with Congresswoman Barbara Boxer to write and pass the 1990 Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act.
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Biden family made an appearance before members of the United States Congress to lobby for the legislation.
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Biden family had another German Shepherd, Champ, who was with the Bidens when Joe Biden was vice president from 2009 to 2017, but died early into Joe Biden's term as President.
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In December 2021, Biden announced the addition of a puppy named Commander to his family.
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Biden family's paternal third great-grandfather, William Biden family, was born in England and emigrated to the United States, where he settled in Maryland.
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Biden family was the son of Richard Biden, Biden's paternal fifth great-grandfather, and his wife Susan, beyond which the paternal family line cannot be traced.
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