Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States, CNN projects, after a victory in the state where he was born put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win. With Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes, Biden now has a total of 273 electoral votes. Before becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Biden served as vice president under former President Barack Obama. He is also Delaware’s longest-serving senator. Throughout his campaign, Biden has argued that the “soul of the nation” is at stake, and has promised that he would seek to heal a country fractured by Trump’s presidency. Joe Biden has won the presidency, CNN projects. Kamala Harris will be the nation’s first Black and South Asian vice president, and first woman to hold that office. Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes put Biden over the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
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