NBC News and other American media reported that the longtime Delaware senator's decision was all but a formality.
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden will announce next week he is running for president, likely grabbing pole position in a crowded Democratic field eager to take on President Donald Trump in 2020, US media reported on Friday.
NBC News and other American media reported that the longtime Delaware senator's decision was all but a formality - after he sat out 2016 as he mourned the death of his son Beau from cancer. Several strategists see Biden as the down-to-earth Democrat with star power who connects with working-class voters like those who abandoned Hillary Clinton for Trump in 2016.
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