How tall is Joe Biden?

Joe Biden's listed height is 182 cm (6'0"). He is taller than about 77% of men in the United States.

Where 182 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 77% of men in the United States born in 1942 (average 176.6 cm).

About Joe Biden

Joe Biden, whose full name is Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., is an American retired politician born on 20 November 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 and the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968, and was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970.

Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 and represented Delaware from 1973 to 2009. He chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee, and drafted and led passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017. After the 2020 presidential election, in which he chose Kamala Harris as his running mate, he served as the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025.

At a listed 182 cm (6'0"), Biden is married to Jill Biden. He ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008 before Obama chose him as his running mate.

Frequently asked

How tall is Joe Biden in feet and inches? Joe Biden is 6'0" tall, which is 182 cm, 71.7 inches or 1.82 m.

Is Joe Biden tall for men in the United States? At 182 cm he is taller than about 77% of men in the United States born in 1942, whose average height is 176.6 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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