Joseph V. Biden Jr.

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**Joseph V. Biden Jr.**, also known as **Biden**, or nicknamed **Joey** by Corn Pop, is the current vice president of the United States of America in *The Stars and Strifes*. He is shown to be a very aggressive and capable fighter, who fights to protect the friends and the nation he holds dear to him.

Biden was raised as an orphan at a martial arts dojo, where he faced prejudice from the other students. During this era, Biden befriended a vegetable named Corn Pop, that was definitely never ever going to turn evil and try to kill everyone! Corn Pop and Biden trained for a while as kids, while facing off with a mysterious bully they only really knew as a North Korean exchange student. After a fierce match with this foe, Corn Pop was thrown off a cliff and presumed dead by Biden and everyone at the dojo, which has been old Joey’s greatest traumas of his life. Biden eventually used his newfound political and martial skills to create a long lasting political career and develop his inner ki to find his way to work with President Barack D. Obama at the beginning of the series.

He made his debut as Obama’s mistreated Vice President, which eventually led him to harnessing his power against his allies and the United States of America. Obama eventually convinced him to come back from this Presidential awol as his friend. Biden has gone onto help defend Washington D.C. from various threats that almost wiped out the world at large. Biden is additionally, a critical part of the Presidential band, One Piece.

Biden eventually learns Corn Pop’s evident death was in actuality purposely committed by his childhood bully from all those years ago that was in secret, the heir to the throne of North Korea, and was in fact a young Kim Jong Un attempting to soak in the knowledge and power of the states. After this revelation, the Presidents defeat the North Korean invading force and the Supreme Leader himself. During the initial portion of the Corn Pop’s Revenge Arc, Biden discovers that Corn Pop had survived his fall and was planning to usurp the geopolitical landscape of humanity. Biden eventually sides with his childhood best friend by betraying Obama and Trump once more.

Eventually, Biden learns that the person he once considered a friend turned out to have become a horrible person, that only had his own self-interests at heart. With a heart of confliction, Biden uses the **Grey Matter Purge**, forgetting Corn Pop.

He is one of the three main characters of *The Stars and Strifes*.

## Appearance

Joseph V. Biden Jr. in *The Stars and Strifes* is depicted as an elderly white man with light skin, white hair, and black irises. He is often shown either wearing a black or navy blue suit with a pin of the American flag attached to the collar and blue tie. Biden is also often shown not wearing his suit jacket and sometimes have the sleeves of his button up shirt rolled to elbow length.

### Webcomic

Biden's appearance in the webcomic adaptation of *The Stars and Strifes* is altered slightly. Biden now no longer wears the pin of the American Flag, but the most striking visual difference is the colour of Biden's eyes, which have been changed to completely black with white pupils, giving Biden a menacing appearance.

### Dark Brandon

In the **Dark Brandon** form, Biden's appearance changes slightly. Biden is coated in a powerful and sinister purple aura. The energy from the aura is shown to be immense, as electricity discharges and crackles all around Biden.

## Personality

### Protectiveness

Joseph V. Biden Jr. has been shown to be especially protective of the people he considers close and dear to him, often leading to attachment. He has gone out of his way, often risking his own life to protect his friends. In The Shaggy Arc, he puts himself into a direct fight against Shaggy for the sake of protecting Barack D. Obama. Additionally, he has also stated in The Supreme Leader Arc that he would be willing to attack the Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un with his **Biden Blast** if he got too close to Obama. He also holds similar feelings towards his childhood friend Corn Pop, despite Biden being under the belief that he was dead before the events of the Corn Pop's Revenge Arc. Biden's protective nature towards his closest friends is likely a byproduct of his time at the martial arts dojo, where he was bullied and shunned by the rest of the students. It's because of this that Biden is prone to attachment to his close friends and prioritizes them over anything else. This may ultimately be what led Biden to betray Obama, Donald J. Trump, and his nation to join Corn Pop in his revenge against humanity in the Corn Pop's Revenge Arc.

### Aggressiveness

Biden has shown to respond with anger and resort to violence very quickly throughout the series. In The Biden Blast Arc, Biden resorts to overthrowing Obama and attempting to take over the entire United States of America after being mistreated by him. Biden's rage only increase throughout his fight with Obama, at one point even intending to fire a 100% power **Biden Blast** at Obama that would destroy the entire Earth in the process. In The Shaggy Arc, Biden shows fierce aggression towards Shaggy throughout his fight with him, and is quick to speak with anger towards Trump after he accidently teleports the three of them to an alien planet with Shaggy. In The Supreme Leader Arc, Biden asserts that he would be willing to attack the Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un with his devastating **Biden Blast** if he got too close to Obama. Additionally, when Kim Jong reveals to Biden that he was responsible for Corn Pops' supposed death, Biden is consumed by rage and states that his anger is all he needs to defeat Kim Jong. In the Corn Pop's Revenge Arc, through the story Biden told, it is shown that Biden was quick to respond with anger after Corn Pop misbehaved on the diving board, calling him "Esther Williams". Throughout most of his appearance in the Corn Pop's End Arc, he is shown to treat everybody except Corn Pop with great aggression.

### Forgetfulness

Biden is often quite prone to misremembering, or even forgetting events and details throughout the series. In The Shaggy Arc and Corn Pop's End Arc, Biden weaponizes his tendency to forget using the **Grey Matter Purge** technique, allowing him to forget the existence of Shaggy and Corn Pop, thus sending them to The Shadow Realm. In the Corn Pop's Revenge Arc, Biden recounts a story of how he and Corn Pop originally met while he was working at a public pool as a lifeguard and got into a fight with Corn Pop, nearly escalating into a deadly fight before Biden was able to calm the situation down. This story Biden told has several inconsistencies with the storyline of *The Stars and Strifes*, leaving Obama and Trump bewildered and confused when listening. It has later been said by Rooples in a response to a comment confused about the story that Biden was recalling a memory he doesn't quite remember to well.

## Relationships

### Barack D. Obama

*Further information: Barack D. Obama*

One of the other three main characters in *The Stars and Strifes*, Barack D. Obama, is the president of The United States of America. Joseph V. Biden Jr. and Obama are close friends and are seen doing a variety of activities together, such as making tier lists, going out for ice cream, and skydiving.

Originally Biden and Obama were not this close. Obama use to view Biden as inferior to him and would mock and disregard a lot of what he said in a cold, snarky manner. This treatment from Obama, and him inviting Donald J. Trump to his Minecraft realm just after his rampage, when Biden himself hadn't been invited at all, pushed Biden over the edge, giving him his motivation to overthrow Obama and take over America in The Biden Blast Arc, becoming enemies. However, they were able to repair their friendship during this conflict after Obama declared how valuable Biden was to him. Despite the close relationship that Obama and Biden had with each other, Biden eventually betrayed Obama and joined forces with Corn Pop in the Corn Pop's Revenge Arc. After hitting Obama with a **Biden Blast** to defend Corn Pop, Biden declared that he would join Corn Pop in his revenge against humanity, and begun to attack Trump. However, after he was defeated by Trump, Biden escaped with Corn Pop to an unknown location in a corn rocket, thus making him and Obama temporarily enemies. Later, Biden realizes the value of the friendship he had with Obama after realizing Corn Pop's true colours, choosing to betray Corn Pop.

Since then, Biden and Obama have had a strong bond with each other, as both are very protective of each other. In The Shaggy Arc, Biden rushed to Obama's aid after Shaggy's arrival and willingly sparred against Shaggy after seeing him unaffected by the **Biden Hyper Blast**, giving Obama the opportunity to strategize a way to combat Shaggy with Trump. In The Supreme Leader Arc, Biden expresses his concern for Obama's safety after he is invited to a feast by Kim Jong Un in The Supreme Leader Arc, stating that if Kim Jong Un were to get close enough to sniff places that only he should, he would unleash a 4% power **Biden Blast** on the supreme leader.

In the same arc, Obama risks his own life by alerting Biden to take cover before himself when Kim Jong Un bombed The White House, resulting in Obama being unconscious for most of the fight. Obama also prevents Biden from transforming into **Dark Brandon** during the battle with Kim Jong Un out of fear of Biden potentially dying from the amount of energy that is used in the **Dark Brandon** form.

### Donald J. Trump

*Further information: Donald J. Trump*

One of the other three main characters of *The Stars and Strifes,* Donald J. Trump, is a former President of The United States of America. Biden and Trump have been shown to not be particularly close, often being irritated by the other and getting into arguments. Despite this, when the situation depends on it, they're able to get along and work together as a team.

Prior to Biden eventually becoming friends with Trump through Obama, both men at the least knew of each other's existence. When Trump began his attempted takeover of the United States of America in The Mad Trump Arc, the two became enemies as a result. Biden appeared to have seen Trump as being incredibly powerful, as he referred to Trump's takeover as an emergency in a panicked tone. Trump on the other hand appeared to have a condescending view towards Biden, referring to him as only "Sleepy Joe". Trump's view remained unchanged after Obama removed the influence of The Chaos Emeralds and befriended him, still referring to him as "Sleepy Joe" and cracking jokes about him. With Trump's continued verbal abuse towards him, Biden began to resent Trump, playing into one of the many factors of him eventually attempting to overthrow Obama and takeover the United States of America in The Biden Blast Arc. Even after he and Obama made up, Biden and Trump were still not particularly fond of eachother, often getting annoyed and fighting with each other. Eventually though, Biden and Trump began to slowly respect and care for each other, even becoming friendly with one another. This changed in the Corn Pop's Revenge Arc after Biden betrayed Trump and Obama to join forces with Corn Pop, becoming enemies with no feelings towards each other once again. However, this change proved to be impermanent, as Biden later realizes the value of the friendship he had with Trump, and betrays Corn Pop because of this revelation.