Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden with wife Jill. "While I'll be a Democratic candidate, I'll be an American president," said Biden, who faces Trump in the November 3 election. "Our current president has failed in his most basic duty to the nation: he's failed to protect us," Biden said. RIVALS UNITEEarlier on Thursday, several Democrats who challenged Biden for the nomination, including US Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and billionaire Michael Bloomberg, pressed the case for Biden, a former vice president. The program offered some light-hearted moments from its moderator and actress, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who portrayed a US vice president in the comedy television show Veep, and took some digs at Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 21, 2020 06:18 UTC