The 2020 presidential campaign of Joe Biden was a successful presidential campaign of Joe Biden, then former vice president of the United States, had officially announced and launched his 2020 presidential campaign on April 25, 2019.[7] From February to August 2020, Biden was a candidate in the Democratic Party primaries.
On April 8, 2020, Biden became the presumptive nominee for the Democratic nomination after Bernie Sanders ended his campaign.[8] On August 18, the Democratic National Convention officially nominated him.[9]
On November 7, the news and media outlets announced that Biden won the election and and was elected the 46th president of the United States.[10]
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A political action committee known as Time for Biden was formed in January 2018, seeking Biden's entry into the race.[11]
In March 2019, Biden said that he may run.[12] In mid-March 2019, he told a gathering of supporters that he may need their energy "in a few weeks".[13]
On April 19, 2019, The Atlantic said that Biden planned to officially announce his campaign on April 24, 2019 in an online video, followed by a launch rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or Charlottesville, Virginia.[14] Many big company donors were ready to donate to his campaign.[15] However, later reports said that Biden was still not sure if he would run. On April 25, 2019, Biden officially launched his election campaign.[16][17]
During September 2019, it was revealed that a whistleblower complained about Donald Trump asking the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden in hopes of finding damaging information. This caused a political scandal that eventually led to Trump's first impeachment.
Biden said that his running mate would be a woman early on in the primaries.[18] He said that he would announce his running mate around August 17.[19] On August 11, he picked U.S. SenatorKamala Harris from California, as his running mate. She is the first African American and first Indian American to be nominated as vice president by a major political party.[20][21]
↑Wagner, Meg; Alfonso III, Fernando; Macaya, Melissa; Mahtani, Melissa; Rocha, Veronica; Wills, Amanda (November 7, 2020). "CNN PROJECTION: JOE BIDEN WINS THE PRESIDENCY". CNN. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
