Obama Endorses Biden for President

President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Secretary of State John Kerry, Vice President Joe Biden, and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on March 31, 2016. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

Former President Barack Obama endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden on April 14, giving the presumptive Democratic nominee a needed boost from one of the party’s most popular figures.

Obama made the announcement on Twitter, writing, “I’m proud to endorse my friend [Joe Biden] for President of the United States.” In an accompanying video, Obama, who didn’t mention President Donald Trump by name, said that Biden has the most “progressive platform of any major-party candidate” in history.