Former Vice-President Joe Biden, 76, had been wrestling for months over whether to run. His candidacy will face numerous questions, including whether he is too old.
WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden, a moderate Democrat who has made his appeal to the disaffected working-class voters who deserted the party in 2016 a key part of his political identity, is set to launch his third run for the White House on Thursday.He then is expected to make his first public appearance as a candidate on Monday at an event in Pittsburgh featuring union members, a key constituency.
Critics say Biden’s standing in polls is largely a function of name recognition for the former US senator from Delaware, whose more than four decades in public service includes eight years as President Barack Obama’s No 2 in the White House. Trump and his allies seized on the flap, attempting to weaken perhaps his top rival before Biden entered the race.
Biden’s long history in the Senate, where he was a leading voice on foreign policy, will give liberal activists plenty to criticise. As Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, he angered women’s rights activists with his handling of sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas during the justice’s 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
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