The 2011 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes that you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed (with Rain as the 2011 readers' choice), users can continue to vote for their favorites until the final list, selected by our editors, is revealed on Thursday, April 21st

TIME 100 Candidates

Joe Biden

By TIME StaffMonday, Apr. 04, 2011
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Age: 68
Occupation: U.S. Vice President
Previous TIME 100 appearances: 0

Vice President Biden may be a popular punch line in jokes about the Obama Administration, but his influence on the core issues facing the White House this year is hard to overstate. Point negotiator in the budget talks with Congress, ever present voice on foreign policy and military matters and the public face of Obama's economic recovery efforts, Biden will help determine the state of the nation in 2011, as well as Obama's prospects for a second term in 2012. As Biden himself might put it: Biden's a big f---ing deal.

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