Former US vice president Joe Biden arrives at a rally organized by UFCW Union members to support Stop and Shop employees on strike throughout the region at the Stop and Shop in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on April 18, 2019. – The 76-year-old Biden has not yet officially thrown his hat in the ring for the 2020 presidential election. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP)
Joe Biden will announce next week he is running for president, likely grabbing pole position in a crowded Democratic field eager to take on President Donald Trump in 2020, US media reported Friday.
Biden, the veteran politico who has sought the White House twice before and served as Barack Obama’s vice president, will make it official with a video to be released Wednesday, according to several outlets.
NBC News and other American media reported that the long time Delaware senator’s decision was all but a formality — after he sat out 2016 as he mourned the death of his son Beau from cancer.
Biden, 76, will join…
