FILE - In this July 15, 1994, file photo Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, right, huddles with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Stephen Breyer, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Letting the senators be senators was no easy task for Biden, whose political and personal identities are rooted in his formative years spent in that chamber. He spent 36 years as a senator from Delaware, and eight more as the Senate’s president when he was valued for his Capitol Hill relationships and insights as Barack Obama’s vice president. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)