Joe Biden presidential campaigns

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Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States (2021–2025), 47th vice president (2009–2017), and former U.S. senator from Delaware (1973–2009), has sought the presidency four times.^[1] In his first two campaigns (1988 and 2008) he withdrew before or during the primaries. In his third (2020), he was elected president, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.^[2] In his fourth (2024), he won the Democratic primary but withdrew before the election.

In 2015, during the final year of his vice presidency there was media speculation that he would seek the presidency in the 2016 United States presidential election. Following the death of his son Beau, Biden ruled out a campaign stating that his "window for a successful campaign has closed".^[3]

At the 1984 Democratic National Convention, Keron Kerr, an uncommitted delegate from Maine, voted for Biden. Kerr decided to vote for Biden after she enjoyed a speech of his at the state convention of the Maine Democratic Party.^[4]