Who is Joe Biden?
The counting of votes in the US presidential election has reached its final stage. Democratic nominee Joe Biden is set to become the 46th president. He is very close to the required 270 electoral votes. After the victory, Biden will be the first candidate to defeat the incumbent president in three decades.
Joe Biden (Joseph Robinette Biden) was vice president of the Barack Obama administration from 2009 to 2017. Biden, who has been widely known for his campaign, was a consistent senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009.
He ran as a candidate in the 1988 presidential election 33 years ago. Considered a strong contender at the time, he was forced to abandon the campaign after being accused of stealing the speech of British politician Neil Kinnock.
Biden has decades of experience in foreign policy. As diplomatic experience is a strong factor, complex foreign affairs issues seem to be more detrimental to him.
Biden, who previously chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, claims to have met with some of the world's leading leaders in politics for 45 years. While this may reassure voters, it is not clear what effect his past voting will have on various foreign affairs issues. He voted against the first Gulf War in 1991 and supported the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He later criticized US involvement in Iraq. Biden, who prefers to be cautious, advised President Obama not to take special action to capture Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden was killed in the operation.
Biden, known as an outspoken speaker, could easily blend in with ordinary people. In the eyes of the opponents, he is the 'setting sun' who sometimes behaves shyly. Biden, for example, has a habit of sniffing women's hair. Last year, eight women accused him of touching, hugging or kissing her.
Biden is even considered a leader who can attract voters. During the speech, he has slipped from time to time. In a speech, he said his ancestors worked in a coal mine in Pennsylvania. But that is not the reality. Speaking about his political experience in 2012, he claimed that he "knew eight presidents and three of them were very close to him". It is said that his claim was wrong and he spoke without thinking. As Obama's vice president in 2009, he said he "could cause 30 percent damage to the economy."
Biden, on the other hand, is more comfortable presenting to voters. In particular, the working class can be overwhelmed by speech. After the speech, he shakes hands with supporters and hugs or poses like a rockstar.
Biden was born on November 20, 1942. His first wife Neilia and daughter Naomi were killed in a car accident. The first wife and daughter were killed and two sons, Bo and Hunter, were injured in an accident while preparing to take the oath of office after winning the first Senate election. Bo Biden died in 2015 at the age of 46 from a brain tumor. Biden is deeply sympathetic to the bereaved family. Whether that sympathy lasts in the coming days depends on his work style.
Biden has taken the lead against President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Georgia, which are crucial to victory as the count of six states continues. Biden is on the verge of victory in Pennsylvania, which has 20 electoral votes, after receiving significant votes in the densely populated Philadelphia constituency. In the Philadelphia constituency, Trump received 3,500 votes, while Biden received 27,000. There are still 20,000 votes to be counted.
Despite being called a "battleground" state, Biden is expected to win in Republican-held Georgia. It has been analyzed that Biden's remarks are getting stronger as the counting of postal votes from urban areas continues. This will be the first Democrat victory in the southeastern state since Democratic Party Bill Bill Clinton won in 1992. Biden is close to victory as the first Democrat candidate in the state of Arizona since 1996. Wisconsin and Michigan, along with Pennsylvania, played a key role in Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton four years ago. Trump, who won his first Republican nomination since 1988, has lost in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Around 160 million people had cast their votes in this record-breaking election. Biden received a record 75 million popular votes. This figure is expected to increase. A record 100 million votes were cast as "early voting" in the wake of Kovid-19. In which there were 65 million postal votes.
In addition to the first presidential debate, President Trump has said he will not accept the outcome if it is not favorable. Analysts say Trump's fraudulent and fake voter claims, which are close to defeat, are meaningless. His party is also silent on the issue. Which will affect his legal process. President Trump and his legal team have filed writs with the intention of influencing the possible outcome of some state elections. Trump has even threatened to go to the favorable US Supreme Court. But without the written word of the concerned state election board, allegations of fraud will make it difficult to get legal recognition. Legal experts say Trump's claim will have little effect as the results are in favor of Biden in more than one state. This time around, Covid-19 has severely affected the election and voting structure, delaying the announcement of results. Many legal procedures were modified this time around to make voting easier.
Counting continues in the lower house of the US Congress and the upper house, the Senate. Democrats are likely to retain a majority in the lower house, and there is fierce competition between the two parties in the Senate. In the 100-seat Senate, both parties now have the same 48 seats. This result will affect Biden's tenure.
(Sources: Agencies)
