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Joe Biden, 78, was announced as the new President of the US in November with the inauguration set to take place today. Starting his career working as a law clerk, the new President now has
an eye-watering net worth. CelebrityNetWorth details how the politician earned £150,000 in 2018 for one speech at Drew University in New Jersey. In total, he gave 40 speeches from 2017 to
2018, adding to his bank balance. After Joe left the office of the Vice Presidency, the politician and his wife Jill signed a three-book deal. It was said to be worth £6million. After
writing Promise Me, Dad, which was a book about his son’s death, the politician promoted his book with a tour where he made over 40 stops. Basic tickets cost £15 while the VIP tickets, which
included a photo with Joe himself, were priced at £300. On top of the book sales and money from tour tickets, he also received more than £60,000 in royalties and audio rights. Joe has also
made his tax documents available, with the earliest records from him released in 1998. During this year, he earned a total of nearly £200,000 which stayed consistent until 2009 where it
raised by £40,000. Jill Biden also makes a fortune from her teaching role at Northern Virginia Community College where she is thought to be earning around £70,000. As well as his multiple
streams of income, Joe is also interested in real estate and he owns many properties. According to Forbes, he has around £3million in the two homes that he owns. In 2020, Joe became the
Democratic nominee for US President thanks to which he was able to claim victory.