Vice President Joe Biden, who paid an unannounced visit in May, is coming back to the Puget Sound area to headline Sen. Maria Cantwell’s annual “Women of Valor” awards luncheon. Vice President Joe Biden holds forth. He is local No. 2, but remains irrepressible. Photo by Gettty Images The Vice President has made a series of political appearances in the last four years. Only one, a 2010 rally at the University of Washington-Tacoma, has been open to the public and media coverage.