[ti:Compared to Past Presidents, Biden Is Not That Different]
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[00:00.04]When you consider his background,
[00:02.92]Joe Biden is not unique among past presidents.
[00:08.76]But perhaps that is why he won the election in November.
[00:14.64]It was his third try.
[00:19.04]Biden first ran for president in 1988,
[00:23.40]looking to become the Democratic party's nominee
[00:28.20]at the end of Ronald Reagan's two terms in office.
[00:34.28]He did not get the nomination.
[00:37.44]He then ran again in 2008, as the Democrats
[00:43.12]looked for a candidate to go up against the Republicans
[00:47.56]after George W. Bush's two terms in office.
[00:53.44]During the primaries, he did not get enough support.
[00:58.88]Barack Obama eventually became the nominee
[01:02.88]and chose Biden as his running mate
[01:06.00]in the race against John McCain.
[01:10.48]The Obama-Biden team won the election,
[01:13.88]and Biden became Vice President for eight years.
[01:19.96]He chose not to run for president at the end of Obama's term.
[01:26.20]Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were the candidates at the end of 2016.
[01:33.84]In 2019, Biden announced his plans to run
[01:38.96]for the Democratic nomination for a third time.
[01:44.24]This time, he won,
[01:46.68]and faced off against Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
[01:53.64]When Biden earned enough electoral college votes,
[01:57.60]he became President-elect of the United States.
[02:03.52]While this officially happened on December 14, 2020,
[02:10.20]many news organizations had called the race for Biden
[02:15.52]days after the November 3 vote.
[02:20.24]Biden's inauguration is January 20.
[02:24.64]He will take the oath of office at noon.
[02:29.04]When Biden repeats the oath
[02:31.12]with U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts,
[02:35.88]he will join a very limited group of men
[02:40.48]to ever win the presidency.
[02:43.88]To be part of such a group is unique.
[02:47.36]But among presidents, Biden is only unique in a few areas.
[02:56.40]At 78, he will be the oldest man to take the oath of office.
[03:03.84]Donald Trump, at 70, had been the oldest.
[03:10.00]Twenty-five past presidents have been in their 50s.
[03:16.56]Biden will only be the second Catholic to take the office.
[03:22.92]John F. Kennedy was the first.
[03:26.72]Biden was born in Pennsylvania.
[03:30.68]But he started his political career in Delaware
[03:34.60]and is the first president to come from that state.
[03:40.28]Only 19 states can claim a president.
[03:43.56]New York state has the most, with seven.
[03:48.52]On paper, that is about all of Biden's presidential "uniqueness."
[03:57.56]Biden has a law degree,
[03:59.52]which means he is not unique among presidents.
[04:04.64]Twenty-six other American presidents were lawyers.
[04:09.12]At 183 centimeters, Biden is not especially tall.
[04:15.68]In fact, eight presidents have been that height.
[04:21.72]Biden was formerly a member of congress,
[04:26.48]as a senator from Delaware.
[04:29.64]He served for 36 years.
[04:33.16]Twenty-five other congressmen became president.
[04:38.28]Biden, however, was a young senator.
[04:43.36]He won his election at just 29.
[04:47.96]He was the sixth youngest.
[04:50.60]Biden was Obama's vice president.
[04:55.16]Fifteen presidents were once the VP.
[05:01.40]Perhaps some Americans might consider Biden "plain."
[05:07.20]Some political experts think that is why he won the election
[05:12.48]against the more flamboyant Trump.
[05:17.24]Julie Pace is the Washington bureau chief for the Associated Press.
[05:21.68]In a November story published when it looked like Biden
[05:26.32]would become the president, she wrote about the campaign.
[05:32.40]She said Trump was not easily able to attack Biden.
[05:38.52]She said Biden was not the most compelling speaker
[05:42.12]with the best ideas.
[05:44.92]But he was a good candidate
[05:46.64]because he made a favorable impression on Americans as vice president.
[05:53.08]In fact, she wrote, for a plain candidate,
[05:57.12]what made Biden unique and earned him the most votes
[06:02.28]ever in a presidential election was that he was not Donald Trump.
[06:09.96]At one point, it was not even clear
[06:13.60]that Biden wanted to run for president.
[06:17.92]But Pace credited Trump with helping Biden win.
[06:25.08]"It was Trump who pulled him back into the arena,
[06:28.56]who gave his campaign a sense of purpose.
[06:32.96]It is Trump who helped him win," she said.
[06:37.12]I'm Dan Friedell. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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