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Joseph R. Biden, once considered too young to serve, now too old to win
So ends the half-century career of a flawed but resilient politician who won the White House in a razor-thin election and lost it four years later in a debate: Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. Biden, 81, now eases into a lame-duck presidency for the next six …