Remove Biographical Box from User Profile (or other element) for specific users

remove-bio-box.php

<?php

// Set which users to hide box
add_action( 'admin_init', 'jdn_remove_bio_box' );
function jdn_remove_bio_box() {
	if( !current_user_can( 'edit_published_posts' ) ) {
		add_action( 'personal_options', array ( 'JDN_Hide_Profile_Bio_Box', 'start' ) );
	}
}

/**
 * Captures the part with the biobox in an output buffer and removes it.
 *
 * @author Thomas Scholz, <[email protected]>
 *
 */
class JDN_Hide_Profile_Bio_Box
{
    /**
     * Called on 'personal_options'.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public static function start()
    {
        $action = ( IS_PROFILE_PAGE ? 'show' : 'edit' ) . '_user_profile';
        add_action( $action, array ( __CLASS__, 'stop' ) );
        ob_start();
    }

    /**
     * Strips the bio box from the buffered content.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public static function stop()
    {
        $html = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();
	
		// replace the headline for passwords
        $headline = __( IS_PROFILE_PAGE ? 'About Yourself' : 'About the user' );
        $html = str_replace( '<h3>' . $headline . '</h3>', '<h3>Password</h3>', $html );

        // remove the table row
        $html = preg_replace( '~<tr>\s*<th><label for="description".*</tr>~imsUu', '', $html );
        print $html;
    }
}