Also in 2017, the pool in Brown-Burton-Winchester Park in
Wilmington, Delaware was renamed the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Aquatic Center. It had previously been known as the Prices Run Pool, and Biden himself served as the only
whitelifeguard there in the summer of 1962. Biden has said he took the job at the pool, which is in a predominantly
black neighborhood, to try to learn more about the black community.[5]
The discovery of the
minor planet2012 VP113 was announced in 2014. Because its name includes "VP", which often stands for "Vice President", the astronomers who discovered the planet nicknamed it Biden, after the then-Vice President of the United States.[9]
In 2017,
Cornell University named a flavor of
chocolate chipvanilla ice creamBig Red, White, and Biden in Biden's honor. Deanna Simons, academic program coordinator at
Cornell Dairy, got the idea after one of her interns told her that Biden loved ice cream. After delivering a speech at Cornell's Convocation that year, Biden tasted the ice cream named after him, which he described as "really good".[12]
Also in 2017, the pool in Brown-Burton-Winchester Park in
Wilmington, Delaware was renamed the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Aquatic Center. It had previously been known as the Prices Run Pool, and Biden himself served as the only
whitelifeguard there in the summer of 1962. Biden has said he took the job at the pool, which is in a predominantly
black neighborhood, to try to learn more about the black community.[5]
The discovery of the
minor planet2012 VP113 was announced in 2014. Because its name includes "VP", which often stands for "Vice President", the astronomers who discovered the planet nicknamed it Biden, after the then-Vice President of the United States.[9]
In 2017,
Cornell University named a flavor of
chocolate chipvanilla ice creamBig Red, White, and Biden in Biden's honor. Deanna Simons, academic program coordinator at
Cornell Dairy, got the idea after one of her interns told her that Biden loved ice cream. After delivering a speech at Cornell's Convocation that year, Biden tasted the ice cream named after him, which he described as "really good".[12]