--- description: Fingers crossed for daily selfies of the Veep rocking Ray-Bans title: Joe Biden Joins Instagram (Finally) image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Joe Biden Joins Instagram, Everyone's Lives Improve Exponentially by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2014 5:42 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2014 5:42 PM CUT Well, it finally happened. Vice President Joe Biden has joined the selfie-snapping, brunch-loving, filter-abusing masses of Instagram, and we couldn’t be more thrilled about it. His handle is [@VP](http://instagram.com/vp "undefined") and everyone should probably start following him immediately. Seriously, his first post is utter perfection: Can’t wait to see what else you have in store for us, Amtrak Joe. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/65309/joe-biden-joins-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/65309/joe-biden-joins-instagram/"},"headline":"Joe Biden Joins Instagram, Everyone's Lives Improve Exponentially","datePublished":"2014-04-16T17:42:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:52.375Z","description":"Fingers crossed for daily selfies of the Veep rocking Ray-Bans","url":"https://time.com/65309/joe-biden-joins-instagram/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","Joe Biden","Appreciation","Instagram","Biden","vice president","vice president joe biden"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/65309/joe-biden-joins-instagram/","name":"Joe Biden Joins Instagram, Everyone's Lives Improve Exponentially"}}]}] ```