Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States of America.
The former Vice President defeated Donald Trump today after a hard fought and historic race framed as the most important election of a lifetime.
All things being equal, Joe Biden, who turns 78 at the end of the month, will become the oldest president of the United States, and its 46th president ending the era of the republican party in the helm of affairs.
Before the latest announcement, President Trump had held a wide lead over Biden in Pennsylvania on the night of the election, but as election officials counted hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots, the race shifted dramatically in Biden’s favor, infuriating Trump and his allies, who knew the President’s path to the White House was over without the commonwealth.
“I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect Harris,” the soon-to-be 46th POTUS said in a statement Saturday morning. “In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted. Proving once again, that democracy beats deep in the heart of America,” he added
