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Democratic · 46th President of the United States · Delaware · Spectrum score -39
Former office ·
Joe Biden is 46th President of the United States in Delaware. Political positions and ideology score -39 (Left). The Amtrak regular is real and so is the family consulting operation.
- College
- University of Delaware, B.A. 1965 · Syracuse University College of Law, J.D. 1968
- Spouse
- Jill Biden (m. 1977). Previously Neilia Hunter Biden (d. 1972)
- Children
- Four — Beau (d. 2015), Hunter, Naomi (d. 1972), Ashley
- Résumé
- President of the United States · 2021–2025
- Vice President of the United States · 2009–2017
- U.S. Senator · Delaware · 1973–2009
- Net worth
- $9.0M
- Salary
- —
- Before office
- $400K
- 2026 raised
- —
- Years in office
- 53
Out of office
Where Joe stands on the spectrum
Joe Biden scores -39 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.
Composite -39 · Left · economic -55 · social -42 · authoritarian -18
Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →
Background & record
The Amtrak regular is real and so is the family consulting operation. You can believe the 2024 GOP case was overcooked and still notice that a 50-year politician’s net worth inflected only when the last name became a global brand. That is the part cable skips when it is busy with the age tape.
Finances
Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.
Net worth
$9.0M
+2150% since taking office
Post-presidency estimate, 2025
A 36-year Senate career left him house-poor. The vice-presidency, two books, and paid speeches after 2017 created the number people now quote.
Money in · 2026 cycle
- Raised
- $0
- Cash on hand
- $0
Top industries
- Publishing
- Speeches
- Unions
Stock holdings
Index / retirement funds
Books and speeches after 2017. No Pelosi sheet. The family consulting file is the other tab.
Post-presidency estimate, 2025 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$1.0M–$5.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$300K–$1.5M
Sum of ranges $1.3M–$6.5M · midpoint $3.9M
X sentiment
Last 7 days
Odds
Polymarket · Kalshi
Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.
Live wire
Live · checked just now
New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.
Conflicts
- Hunter Biden’s board seats and the family brand — investigated, litigated, never cleanly closed in the public mind.
- Brother James’s consulting — the version that does not fit the Amtrak myth.
Issue detail
−100 left pole · +100 right pole
- Economic
- -55
- Social
- -42
- Authoritarian
- -18
- Confidence
- 94
- Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
- Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
- Climate & energy-64
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
- Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
- Labor & wages-56
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
- Immigration-30
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
- Abortion-72
Legal access, opposed to bans
- Guns-54
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
- Crime & policing-16
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
- Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
- Defense & alliances-2
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
- Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans
Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.31
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Updated August 2026.