Biden Brings Long Foreign Policy Experience to Obama's Presidential Bid

Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama takes to the stage with his Vice Presidential pick Sen. Joe Biden at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Sen. Joe Biden, talks with Sen. Barack Obama, prior to the start of the first Democratic presidential primary debate of the 2008 election. Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware late Friday night Aug. 22, 2008 to be his vice presidential running mate, according to a Democratic official, balancing his ticket with an older congressional veteran well-versed in foreign and defense issues. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)