Joe Biden elected 46th president of the United States

Joe Biden becomes president-elect of the United States after winning the pivotal state of Pennsylvania, according to projections by several news networks.

The former vice president took in the Keystone State’s 20 electoral votes, NBC News, and CNN reported on Saturday.

The victory in Pennsylvania put Biden past the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House and defeat President Donald Trump, who had held a wide lead over his Democratic challenger on the night of the election.

However, as election officials counted mail-in ballots, a method of voting more widely used by the Democrats during the coronavirus pandemic, the race shifted dramatically in Biden’s favor.

Biden, 78, will become the oldest US president when he is sworn in on January 20 in the midst of the worst public health crisis in a century, the deepest economic recession since the 1930s, and a national reckoning with racism.

Senator Kamala Harris, who was Biden’s running mate, will also become the first female, first Black, and first Asian American vice president.

In addition to the projected electoral victory, Biden has also garnered more popular votes than Trump, setting a record for the most votes of any candidate in US history.

His election will condemn Trump, who has had a longstanding obsession with winning, to the ranks of one-term presidents in America.

MG