Joe Biden, who has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, has a vast amount of political experience as a longtime senator and two-term vice president, while his reputation for empathy is built on his own experiences with personal tragedy.Biden, 78, was born in the blue-collar city of Scranton in the eastern state of Pennsylvania. After his father lost his job, the family moved to adjacent Delaware for better employment opportunities. Biden remembers his father working hard to build a decent middle-class life.After practicing law, Biden pursued a career in politics and was…READ FULL ARTICLE