Barack Obama has endorsed his former vice-president and the presumptive Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden for president of the United States. "Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery," Obama said in a statement. "You invoke President Obama more than anybody in this campaign. More recently, Biden said he had discussed the process of selecting a vice-presidential candidate with the former president. A spokesperson for Biden's campaign issued a denial of Reade's allegations.

Source: CBC News April 14, 2020 15:59 UTC