Acceptance Speech From the Democratic Presidential Nominee: Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr
Democratic Presidential Nominee
Joe Biden is a former U.S. vice president and senator from Delaware. From 2009 to 2017, he served as vice president in the Obama administration. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 and left in 2008. While in the Senate, Biden chaired the Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on Foreign Relations. The following is an excerpt of his Aug. 20, 2020, acceptance speech, as prepared for delivery, at the Democratic National Convention. …
