In the mid-1970s, Biden saw himself as conservative on some issues, such as abortion, but liberal on others, such as civil rights.
“I don’t think that a woman has the sole right to say what should happen to her body,” he said in 1974.
Here, Biden shakes hands with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on March 27, 1979, as Senator Frank Church, D-Idaho, center, watches in Washington.
Credit: AP Photo/Sen. Biden’s office
