OMG so the gr8 news has been texted and the word is out: Joe Biden is in as Obama’s veep.
 

But what do we know about this Biden?
 

Well for one thing, in the past he faced accusations of taking portions of his speeches from other politicians. So, keep an eye out for that at the Democratic National Convention this week. 

We also know he graduated from Syracuse University Law School. He was probably valedictorian or something right? Hmm, well the Dallas Morning News blog Trail Blazers gives us the scoop:

Mr. Biden hardly had an auspicious career at SU. While there, he ran into plenty of trouble, including accusations of plagiarism.

In a New York Times article from 1987, one of Mr. Biden's former professors, Robert M. Anderson, recalled that his charge ''wasn't setting the law school on fire, but he was a competent student and a nice young man.''

Competent and a nice young man?
 

Yup, that seems sufficient to help lead our great and complex nation.
 

(Then again, that is more than could be said for a certain other leader of the country.)