Joe Biden announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in the elections of 2020

Former US Vice President Joe Biden announced on Thursday his pre-candidacy for the 2020 presidential elections, in which he will have to defeat the inside of his party, and then compete with the current Republican leader Donald Trump, when he decides to run for office.

"The fundamental values ​​of our nation, our presence in the world, our democracy, everything that has made the United States what they are, are at stake. That is why I am announcing today my candidacy for the presidency of the United States ", Biden said on his Twitter account.

Biden, 76, was vice president of the United States between 2009 and 2017 under the presidency of Barack Obama., and became the last Democrat to have expressed his intention to participate in the domestic proceedings.

The long list includesBernie Sanders, Senator of Mbadachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, and Tim Rya, Representative of Ohion, in addition to 16 other candidates.

Although Biden, Sanders and Warren may be candidates with the highest profile and career in a career It will officially begin in February with the Democratic Party elections in Iowa.

In a video posted on his Twitter account, Biden starts his candidacy referring to the social and racial tensions unleashed in recent years in the United States, mentioning the incident that occurred in Charlottesville when white supremacists and their opponents clashed violently during a demonstration.

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One person died and 19 were injured when a motorist charged at that time the crowd facing the right extremists.

"I think the story will come back on the four years of this president and all that represents an abominable moment, but if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally change the nature of this nation ", says Biden. "And I can not sit idly by and watch that happen," he adds.

"Friends, America is an idea. An idea that is stronger than any army, bigger than any ocean, more powerful than any dictator or tyrant. Give hope to the most desperate people on the planet. Guarantee that everyone is treated with dignity. And he refuses refuge to hate, "describes the former vice president.

"Give every citizen of this country the belief that it does not matter where you start in life, you can not achieve anything if you work for it. And besides, it is the stake of these elections. We can not forget what happened in Charlottesville ", concludes.

Biden was born in 1942 to a Catholic family in Pennsylvania and became a lawyer in 1968. studies that allowed him to avoid conscription into the military at the time of the Vietnam War.

He began to participate in politics as an independent and joined the Democratic Party in 1969 to then obtain an unexpected victory in the US Senate elections in 1972, representing the state of Delaware.

He had a Long career senator until 2009, when he joined the Obama administration as vice president, a position he held for two terms.

In the 2016 elections Biden openly supported candidate Hillary Clinton, who lost the college vote against Donald Trump while he was the most voted candidate.

Since then he has He has been an active critic of Trump's government in preparation for his own appointment to the Democratic Party's representation and possibly his candidacy for the presidency.

In recent times he has also had to deal with many accusations about his behavior with women, who indicated that they were touched "inappropriately"