--- title: Joe Biden Will Appear in an Episode of 'Law & Order: SVU' description: Joe Biden will appear in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit that will mention the backlog of untested rape kits in many cities canonical: https://time.com/4429844/joe-biden-law-and-order-svu/ author: Emma Ockerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-29T00:45:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-25T09:48:21.063Z article:section: Politics og:title: Joe Biden Will Appear In An Episode of 'Law & Order: SVU' og:description: It's not his first time on the small screen og:url: https://time.com/4429844/joe-biden-law-and-order-svu/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69cf2334fb911006/6988a03b0a4a2267fc9cab7a/joe_biden_svu_072816.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Democratic National Convention: Day Three og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joe Biden Will Appear In An Episode of 'Law & Order: SVU' twitter:description: It's not his first time on the small screen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69cf2334fb911006/6988a03b0a4a2267fc9cab7a/joe_biden_svu_072816.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joe Biden Will Appear in an Episode of _Law & Order: SVU_ > Sponsored content. 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Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Emma Ockerman](https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Jul 29, 2016 12:45 AM UTC Vice President Joe Biden will appear in an [episode of](http://time.com/4070314/law-order-svu-to-take-on-the-duggars-in-new-episode/?iid=sr-link2) _Law & Order: Special Victims Unit_ that will mention the backlog of untested rape kits in many cities, as well as efforts to end violence against women — an issue close to Biden, who authored the [Violence Against Women Act](http://time.com/3313131/biden-calls-domestic-violence-the-ugliest-form-of-violence/?iid=sr-link2) in 1994. Biden, who has also considered [ending the rape-kit backlog a legislative priority](http://time.com/4029517/rape-kit-backlog-funding/?iid=sr-link2), will travel to [New York City to tape the episode of the long-running show on Friday](http://time.com/3319325/joe-biden-violence-against-women/?iid=sr-link1), according to a White House press release. The kits, which [contain DNA evidence](http://time.com/3001467/heres-what-happens-when-you-get-a-rape-kit-exam/?iid=sr-link1) from a victim’s attacker, are often necessary to identify rapists and [have been backlogged in police departments across the country.](http://time.com/3000974/in-hot-pursuit-of-cold-cases/) One of the [show’s stars, Mariska Hargitay,](http://time.com/100137/campus-sexual-assault-mariska-hargitay/?iid=sr-link2) who plays Olivia Benson, has been an outspoken advocate of ending sexual violence against women, and is the founder of the Joyful Heart Foundation, which[ empowers survivors of sexual violence.](http://www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/) In May, she presented Biden with [an award for his efforts toward ending domestic violence. ](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/joe-biden-honored-by-mariska-hargitays-joyful-heart-foundation-w206350) It won’t be his first small-screen debut — he [also appeared on NBC’s _Parks and Recreation_ twice. ](http://time.com/3719599/parks-and-recreation-finale-biggest-guest-stars/?iid=sr-link1) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4429844/joe-biden-law-and-order-svu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4429844/joe-biden-law-and-order-svu/"},"headline":"Joe Biden Will Appear in an Episode of Law & Order: SVU","datePublished":"2016-07-29T00:45:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-25T09:48:21.063Z","description":"It's not his first time on the small screen","url":"https://time.com/4429844/joe-biden-law-and-order-svu/","keywords":["Joe Biden","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69cf2334fb911006/6988a03b0a4a2267fc9cab7a/joe_biden_svu_072816.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emma Ockerman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69cf2334fb911006/6988a03b0a4a2267fc9cab7a/joe_biden_svu_072816.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic National Convention: Day Three","caption":"Democratic National Convention: Day Three","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4429844/joe-biden-law-and-order-svu/","name":"Joe Biden Will Appear in an Episode of Law & Order: SVU"}}]}] ```