Joe Biden Becomes 46th US President

Update: 2020-11-08 04:48 GMT
Democrat Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th U.S. president. His victory came after he crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania.

Joe Biden will become the oldest president-elect in U.S. history. He is 77. And also, he is the first to defeat a President after one term since Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush in 1992.

Biden managed to win back the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. These so-called Blue Wall had delivered a huge win to Trump in 2016.

Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris has become the first Black women to serve as vice president of the United States. The 56-year-old California senator, also the first person of South Asian descent elected to the vice presidency. 
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