After he was declared president-elect,he sent a thank you message to allthose who picked him over Trump.
Biden’s boyhood state ofPennsylvania put him over the 270 electoral votethreshold needed to win the presidential seat.
The president-elect had made a final trip to his childhood home in the city on election day.
Joe Biden will be taking over from Donald Trump with Kamala Harris by his side as vice president. Photo Credit: joebidenSource: Instagram
However, the official results will only be released on December 14.
Trump, on the other hand, has shownno indication that he intends to concededefeat.
He later got married to another woman, Jill, in 1977.
Joe Biden served two terms as Barack Obama’s vice president. Photo credit: The GuardianSource: UGC
His political career began as a New Castle County councilman in his home state of Delaware in 1970.
He first declared his intention to be president in 1987.
Doctors discovered he had two life-threatening brain aneurysms shortly after he dropped out in 1988.
He tried again in 2008 but was not able to gain enough support and dropped out.
Ex-president Barack Obama later offered him the position of vice president.
He served two terms as vice president to Obama between 2008 and 2016.
However in 2012, as vice president, he stepped out in favour of same-s*x marriage.
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