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  • Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. makes remarks at a Veterans Day ceremony in New Castle, Del. (Associated Press)
  • Vice President Dick Cheney places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. (Associated Press)
  • Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, welcome Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his wife, Jill for a private meeting and tour of the vice-presidential residence on Nov. 13. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
  • Vice President Dick Cheney and Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. met for nearly an hour at the vice president's residence earlier this month at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington. (White House via Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

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By Christina Bellantoni and Jon Ward

They both have white hair, a tendency to curse and more years of experience than the presidents for whom they serve - but the few similarities shared by Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vice President Dick Cheney are far outshined by their stark differences.

Mr. Biden, most notably, gets in trouble for talking - and talking - while Mr. Cheney has a reputation for being tight-lipped.

"I can't offhand think of any similarities," said University of Iowa law professor Nicholas Johnson.

"Most people, other than Vice President Cheney's strongest supporters, believe that in important respects, he and senior people working for him overreached to the point where they came close to being an independent center in the White House," said William A. Galston, a senior fellow at liberal-leaning Brookings Institution.

"I do not expect Vice President Biden to be playing that role," he added.

The Cheney comparisons and the word "gravitas" surfaced frequently when Barack Obama selected the Delaware senator in August to be his running mate.

Mr. Cheney's career in Washington spans two branches of government and three decades, while Mr. Biden has served six terms in the Senate and boasts that he has worked with seven presidents.

Mr. Biden has spent most of his days at Mr. Obama's side since they won overwhelmingly on Election Day, attending economic meetings and calling world leaders. However, the president-elect has spoken little about the role he envisions for Mr. Biden.

'An expansion'

Mr. Biden, who turned 66 on Thursday, and Mr. Cheney, who turns 68 in January, have been on opposite sides of foreign policy battles for eight years.

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