Former Vice President Joe Biden officially announced his intent to run for the White House today on April 25, becoming the 20th Democratic candidate to run in the 2020 election. The announcement was made on social media through a 3:29-minute video posted on Biden’s Twitter account, titled “Joe Biden For President: American Is An Idea” although the formal start of his campaign will actually be next week, on Monday, April 29 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Vice President Joe Biden, with President Barack Obama, gestures as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, on Oct. 21, 2015, to announce that he will not run for the presidential nomination. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
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