Here’s what we know about what his presidency will look like.
Election 2020
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Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, now, delayed triumph
He sold himself as the experienced, empathetic elder statesman particularly suited to defeat a ‘dangerous’ and ‘divisive’ president.
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Transition challenges await Joe Biden
He has to build a government while contending with a Senate that could stay in GOP hands.
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After waiting game, media moves swiftly to call Biden winner
The outlets’ decision desks serve as the unofficial finish line for the presidential race.
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Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene
He has made repeated, unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
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CNN called it at 11:24 a.m., and other outlets followed shortly after
Following different data sets, major media outlets came to the same conclusion within minutes of one another.
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Portland erupts in celebration after Biden wins presidency
As night fell, hundreds of people gathered along Congress Street, shouting, clapping and waving whatever happened to be at hand – handmade signs, American flags and, in one case, a pair of brooms.
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President-elect Biden: ‘I sought this office to restore the soul of America’
President-elect Joe Biden is positioning himself to be a leader who, as he puts it, ‘seeks not to divide, but to unify’ a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.
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Still in limbo, Biden transition team already at work
The transition from one administration to another can be a frenzied process even under normal circumstances.
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Trump faces a tough road to get Supreme Court involved in election
The president could need the court’s help in 2 or more states, an unlikely scenario that is far different from what happened in 2000, the only time the court has effectively settled a presidential election.