Former U.S. vice president Biden to announce 2020 election run on Thursday


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  • Wednesday, 24 Apr 2019

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, arrives at a rally with striking Stop & Shop workers in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will announce on Thursday that he is seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination for the 2020 election, a source familiar with the plans said on Tuesday.

Biden, 76, a longtime senator who served for eight years under Democratic President Barack Obama, would join a crowded field of nearly 20 other candidates seeking to defeat Republican President Donald Trump.

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