Thing is, if you look at his Senate career, other than a few things here and there, he was actually one of the more liberal senators in Congress during his political career.
There’s actually a really good article about it from the Washington Post on his political career and whether or not he was a liberal senator, and the short answer he was arguably one of the more liberal senators through his entire career.
So even if the party moves more left than OTL, I’m not entirely sure Biden should really be considered a conservative. Maybe a left leaning moderate, who’s considered more center than OTL, but not conservative. Or at least not a conservative by our timelines standards, so perhaps it’s more a question of what exactly constitutes a Democratic conservative ITTL?
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To answer your question here about Biden being considered "Conservative", I think you bring up a really good argument. Speaking broadly (and doing all I can to avoid current politics, of course) Biden possesses most of the same beliefs he does IOTL, which I think ITTL would most likely get him classified as more of a "Moderate" as you say. I think even in TTL's parlance, Biden is more likely to be labeled a "Liberal" than a "Progressive" as President Udall is. I'm addition to a more ambitious Senator Biden here, also expect both parties to remain fairly "big tent" for the foreseeable future as Udall's policies have helped New Deal style politics remain in Vogue on the left and the Romney/Bush years have left behind a legacy of pronounced moderation on the right.
