Joe Biden named Harvard College’s Class Day speaker
Joe Biden, the 47th vice president of the United States and a six-term U.S. senator, will deliver the annual Class Day address to the graduating Class of 2017 at Harvard University on May 24. “I am honored to be invited to be a part of this special day at Harvard,” said Biden. “Today’s generation of students is the most engaged, the most tolerant, and the best educated in the history of the United States of America. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to this year’s graduating class about the great power they hold to shape our nation’s future.” Biden entered public service shortly after graduating law school in 1968. In 1972 he was elected to his first term in the U.S. Senate, where he represented the state of Delaware until January 2009, when he became vice president. Since leaving that office earlier this year, Biden has continued his longtime commitment...