US Elections 2020: Biden defeats Trump, becomes 46th president 

Words Sarah Adama

In what has been the most suspenseful, neck-and-neck race, Democratic candidate Joe Biden has won the US presidential elections.

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Four days after the election, Biden won his home-town Pennsylvania, picking up its 20 electoral college pushing him past 270 votes needed to win the presidency. Many records have been broken with this election; Biden will be America’s oldest president by the time of his inauguration. His running mate, Kamala Harris is the first woman, and one of mixed African-Asian descent in the White House as Vice President. It also makes Donald Trump the first one-term president since George Bush in 1992. Mr Biden, at age 30 became the fifth senator in US history in 1972. The president-elect served as Vice-President in the Obama administration and has tried to become president for the last three decades. Victory, at last.

Meanwhile, Trump has repeated unverified fraud claims as his attorney has announced that lawsuits over mail-in ballots and the voting process are coming in Pennsylvania, amongst other states, very soon. Several protests have spread across the states over the past few days. Whilst the Trump campaign refuses to accept the results, Mr Biden has released his first statement, “I am honoured and humbled by the trust the American people have put in me and in Vice president-elect Harris,” he wrote. 

“In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted. Proving once again, that democracy beats deep in the heart of America. With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation.” 

Sarah Adama - News & Politics Editor