Joe Biden at his presidential kick-off rally in Philadelphia , May 2019Joe Biden , the 46th and current president of the United States ,[ 1] vice president (2009–2017), and as a United States senator from Delaware (1973–2009). Biden is the oldest elected and serving president , the second Catholic president , after John F. Kennedy , and the first president from Delaware.
Biden has never lost a general election, though he failed to win the Democratic nomination for president in 1984, 1988, and 2008. The first three winning Democratic presidential tickets of the 21st century had Biden on the ticket, either as president or vice president. A member of the Democratic Party , Biden was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970, and became the seventh-youngest senator in American history when he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Delaware in 1972 , at the age of 29. He was re-elected to the Senate six times, and was the fourth-most senior senator . He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in both 1988 and 2008 . In January 2009, Biden resigned from the Senate, to serve as Barack Obama 's vice president, after they won the 2008 presidential election . They were re-elected to a second term in 2012 .
Biden announced his candidacy in the 2020 presidential election on April 25, 2019.[ 2] [ 3] Bernie Sanders from Vermont .[ 4] presumptive Democratic nominee in April 2020.[ 5] secure the nomination in June 2020.[ 6] Donald Trump in the general election, with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232. Biden received more than 81 million votes, the most votes ever cast for a candidate in a U.S. presidential election .[ 7]
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2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries [ 20]
Candidate
Votes
%
Barack Obama
16,706,853
49.04
Hillary Clinton
16,239,821
47.67
John Edwards
742,010
2.18
Bill Richardson
89,054
0.26
Uncommitted
82,660
0.24
Dennis Kucinich
68,482
0.20
Joe Biden
64,041
0.19
Mike Gravel
27,662
0.08
Christopher Dodd
25,300
0.07
Others
22,556
0.07
Total votes
34,068,439
100.00
Including penalized contests:
2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries [ 20]
Candidate
Votes
%
Hillary Clinton
18,225,175
48.03
Barack Obama
17,988,182
47.41
John Edwards
1,006,275
2.65
Uncommitted
299,610
2.79
Bill Richardson
106,073
0.28
Dennis Kucinich
103,994
0.27
Joe Biden
81,641
0.22
Scattering
44,348
0.12
Mike Gravel
40,251
0.11
Christopher Dodd
35,281
0.09
Total votes
37,980,830
100.00
Electoral College map of the 2008 presidential election2008 United States presidential election Candidate Running mate Party Popular vote Electoral vote Votes % Votes % Barack Obama Joe Biden Democratic 69,498,516 52.91 365 67.84 John McCain Sarah Palin Republican 59,948,323 45.64 173 32.16 Ralph Nader Matt Gonzalez Independent 739,034 0.56 Bob Barr Wayne Allyn Root Libertarian 523,715 0.40 Chuck Baldwin Darrell Castle Constitution 199,750 0.15 Cynthia McKinney Rosa Clemente Green 161,797 0.12 Others 290,626 0.22 Total 131,361,761 100.00 538 100.00 Source: [ 22]
Electoral College map of the 2012 presidential election2012 United States presidential election Candidate Running mate Party Popular vote Electoral vote Votes % Votes % Barack Obama (inc.)Joe Biden (inc.) Democratic 65,915,795 51.06 332 61.71 Mitt Romney Paul Ryan Republican 60,933,504 47.20 206 38.29 Gary Johnson Jim Gray Libertarian 1,275,971 0.99 Jill Stein Cheri Honkala Green 469,627 0.36 Others 490,513 0.38 Total 129,085,410 100.00 538 100.00 Source: [ 22]
First-instance vote by state and territory Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders
Michael Bloomberg
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries [ 24]
Candidate
Votes
%
Joe Biden
19,076,052
51.79
Bernie Sanders
9,679,213
26.28
Elizabeth Warren
2,831,472
7.69
Michael Bloomberg
2,488,734
6.76
Pete Buttigieg
924,237
2.51
Amy Klobuchar
529,713
1.44
Tulsi Gabbard
273,940
0.74
Tom Steyer
259,792
0.71
Andrew Yang
170,517
0.46
Uncommitted
130,081
0.35
Michael Bennet
63,124
0.17
Julian Castro
37,037
0.10
Others
370,044
1.01
Total votes
36,833,956
100.00
Electoral College map of the 2020 presidential election2020 United States presidential election Candidate Running mate Party Popular vote Electoral vote Votes % Votes % Joe Biden Kamala Harris Democratic 81,268,924 51.31 306 56.88 Donald Trump (inc.)Mike Pence (inc.)Republican 74,216,154 46.86 232 43.12 Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen Libertarian 1,865,724 1.18 Howie Hawkins Angela Walker Green 405,035 0.26 Others 628,584 0.40 Total 158,384,421 100.00 538 100.00 Source: [ 26]
First-instance vote by state and territory Joe Biden
Jason Palmer
Primary cancelled
2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries [ 27]
Candidate
Votes
%
Joe Biden (incumbent)[ b]
13,931,767
87.26
Uncommitted
694,551
4.35
Dean Phillips
524,867
3.29
Marianne Williamson
461,732
2.89
Armando Perez-Serrato
80,781
0.51
Gabriel Cornejo
69,701
0.44
Stephen Lyons
41,740
0.26
Frank Lozada
36,571
0.23
President R. Boddie
24,773
0.16
Cenk Uygur
20,862
0.13
Jason Palmer
20,360
0.13
Terrisa Bukovinac
18,996
0.12
Others
39,350
0.25
Total votes
15,966,051
100.00
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