A member of the Biddle family , he was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania on December 17 , 1897 .
Biddle was the son of millionaire Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. ( 1874 -- 1948 ) , and Cordelia Rundell Bradley ( 1873 -- 1947 ) .
A member of the Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. family , Biddle was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania on December 17 , 1897 .
Biddle was the son of millionaire Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. ( 1874 -- 1948 ) , and Cordelia Rundell Bradley ( 1873 -- 1947 ) .