The act led to related developments, such as the White House Council on Women and Girls, begun in the first term, as well as the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, begun in January 2014 with Biden and Valerie Jarrett as co-chairs.[248][249]
Biden favored arming Syria's rebel fighters.[250] As Iraq fell apart during 2014, renewed attention was paid to the Biden-Gelb Iraqi federalization plan of 2006, with some observers suggesting Biden had been right all along.[251][252] Biden himself said the U.S. would follow ISIL "to the gates of hell".[253] Biden had close relationships with several Latin American leaders and was assigned a focus on the region during the administration; he visited the region 16 times during his vice presidency, the most of any president or vice president.[254] In August 2016, Biden visited Serbia, where he met with Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić and expressed his condolences for civilian victims of the bombing campaign during the Kosovo War.[255]

Biden with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016
Biden never cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate, making him the longest-serving vice president with this distinction.