Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin strikes me as one of the rarest creatures in American politics: a genuine swing vote with the nerve to mean it. Out of coal-country West Virginia, from governor to a long Senate run, he routinely broke with his own Democratic Party to defend his state's interests, which earned him a Time 100 nod and no shortage of enemies on both sides. Call it principled or call it stubborn; either way the influence flowed from that consistency.

Name (English)

Joe Manchin

Name (Japanese)

ジョー・マンチン

Reading

じょー・まんちん

Born

August 24, 1947 (age 78)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

Origin

Farmington, West Virginia, United States

Occupation

politician / businessperson

University

West Virginia University

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Governors or Statewide Elected Officials
• 2021 Time 100

• Official sitehttp://www.manchin.senate.gov
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/joemanchin/
• Xhttps://x.com/Sen_JoeManchin
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Manchin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538868

Tags

• West Virginia
• politician
• businessperson

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.