PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 46th president of the United States. He was inaugurated on January 20, 2021.
Biden is running in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary. He declared his candidacy on April 25, 2023. Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on March 12, 2024, after reaching the estimated majority delegate threshold.
During his presidency, Biden has issued ten vetoes.
He won the 2020 presidential election on November 3, 2020, with 306 electoral votes. Biden launched his campaign for president of the United States on April 25, 2019. He announced U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate on August 11, 2020.
Biden was the 47th vice president of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama (D) from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.
He previously served as a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009.
On January 12, 2017, Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his lifetime of public service, marking the final time Obama would present the nation's highest civilian honor. Biden received the award with distinction, an additional honor given only to Pope John Paul II, former President Ronald Reagan, and retired Gen. Colin Powell in the previous three administrations.
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