Joe Biden Enters US 2020 Presidential Race

Former US Vice President Joe Biden has declared he is entering the 2020 White House race, joining Senator Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg and other candidates running on the Democratic Party platform.

In a tweet today, accompanied by a three-and-a-half minute video, Biden said he couldn’t stand idly while US President Donald Trump “fundamentally altered the character of this nation”.

“The core values of this nation… our standing in the world… our very democracy… everything that has made America — America — is at stake,” he wrote in the post.

“That’s why today I’m announcing my candidacy for President of the United States.”

Even before his official announcement, Biden, who served eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president, led most surveys of Democratic voters.

The RealClearPolitics poll aggregate puts him as the favourite with 29.3 percent support, followed by independent Senator Bernie Sanders at 23 percent.

See Tweet below:

The core values of this nation… our standing in the world… our very democracy…everything that has made America — America –is at stake. That’s why today I’m announcing my candidacy for President of the United States. #Joe2020 https://t.co/jzaQbyTEz3

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 25, 2019