Jan 19 - By Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer
Vice President-elect Joe Biden spent part of his day of service hanging dry wall at a Habitat for Humanity home in Northeast Washington.

Jan 19 - By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Writer
Joe Biden's wife said Monday that he had his pick of being Barack Obama's running mate or the secretary of state nomination that eventually went to Hillary Rodham Clinton, a slip that the vice president-elect immediately tried to shush.
Jan 18 - By Associated Press
Vice President-elect Joe Biden extolled "the dignity of work" before a large inaugural concert audience.
Jan 18 - By Associated Press
Vice President-elect Joe Biden worshipped and received communion Sunday at the same Roman Catholic church President John F. Kennedy attended just hours before his inauguration.
Jan 17 - By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent
Vice President-elect Joe Biden is promising that the Obama administration will "change this nation" for the better, despite the weight of problems facing America.

Jan 17 - By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent
President-elect Barack Obama is promising that he and Vice President-elect Joe Biden "will fight for you every single day we're in Washington" as the pair visited Delaware en route by train to the capital.
Jan 15 - By Associated Press
Vice President-elect Joe Biden's son is back from Iraq temporarily and will witness his father's swearing-in.

Jan 14 - By Anne Gearan, AP National Security Writer
President Barack Obama invited the U.S. ambassador in Iraq to sit in on a war council session Wednesday that the Pentagon calls a first step toward ending the nearly six-year-old conflict.

Jan 13 - By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer
President-elect Barack Obama paid a relaxed, pre-inaugural visit to the Supreme Court Wednesday at the invitation of the man whose confirmation he opposed.

Jan 12 - By Hamid Ahmed, Associated Press Writer
Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric on Monday called on Iraqis to go to the polls in this month's elections but stressed he was not supporting any particular candidates.
Jan 9 - By Randall Chase, Associated Press Writer
A lawsuit that accused Vice President-elect Joe Biden's youngest son and brother of cheating a business partner out of money has been settled, an attorney said Friday.

Jan 8 - By Associated Press
Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Friday met with Pakistani leaders during an Asian trip meant to show the new administration's interest in the troubled region.
Jan 7 - By Associated Press
President-elect Barack Obama has invited a group of "everyday Americans" to join him and Vice President-elect Joe Biden on their Whistle Stop Tour to the nation's capital on the Saturday before Inauguration Day.

Jan 6 - By Fisnik Abrashi, Associated Press Writer
Vice President-elect Joe Biden promised U.S. support for Afghanistan's struggle against terrorism, drugs and corruption, in surprise visit Sunday to a dangerous Taliban-stronghold area of Afghanistan.
Jan 5 - By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Writer
Joe Biden is heading to Southwest Asia just days before becoming vice president, a visit that signals the new administration's plans to make the troubled region an immediate priority.

Jan 5 - By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Writer
The late Sen. Claiborne Pell was remembered during his funeral service Monday as a patrician statesman of enormous personal wealth who devoted his career to serving the less fortunate and enabled millions of American students to attend college.

Dec 23 - By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent
Vice President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that people expecting a bounty of pet projects in a new, massive multibillion-dollar economic stimulus plan should think again.

Dec 21 - By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent
President-elect Barack Obama has said all along that neither he nor his team was involved in any eye-popping dealmaking over filling his vacated Senate seat. Obama's hand-picked investigator agreed.

Dec 20 - By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Writer
As vice president, Joe Biden will oversee an Obama administration effort to find ways of building up the ranks of the middle class, that ambiguously defined segment of society most Americans identify with.
Dec 20 - By Associated Press
Vice President-elect Joe Biden says lawmakers from both parties have urged the incoming administration to be big and bold with its economic aid plan next year despite the huge deficits being created.
Dec 16 - By Associated Press
Vice President-elect Joe Biden has hired a former White House correspondent and two former aides for his press staff.

Dec 8 - By Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer
President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday praised former Vice President Al Gore's ideas on the environment as one part of helping the nation's struggling economy recovery. Obama, Gore and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met privately at Obama's transition headquarters here for almost two hours.
Dec 5 - By Associated Press
Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Jared Bernstein as his chief economic policy adviser, a new post created as the nation faces a recession.
Dec 1 - By Associated Press
A bipartisan commission is asserting the country should expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or biological weapons sometime in the next five years.
Nov 30 - By Associated Press
Vice President-elect Joe Biden said Sunday he had chosen a close adviser of more than 25 years as his counselor and had picked two other longtime political advisers for key posts in his office.