Former US VP Biden announces 2020 run for White House
The Nishan-e-Pakistan was conferred on Biden in 2008 by then president Zardari
Former vice president of the US Joe Biden. PHOTO: REUTERS
Former US Vice President Joe Biden announced Thursday he was entering the 2020 White House race, joining an already crowded list of candidates running on the Democratic Party platform.
Former Vice President Joe Biden to make third run for the White House
In a tweet accompanied by a three-and-a-half minute video, Biden said he couldn't stand idly by while US President Donald Trump "fundamentally altered the character of this nation".
"The core values of this nation... our standing in the world... our very democracy... everything that has made America -- America -- is at stake," he wrote in the post.
"That's why today I'm announcing my candidacy for President of the United States."
Even before his official announcement, Biden, who served eight years as Barack Obama's vice president, led most surveys of Democratic voters.
The RealClearPolitics poll aggregate puts him as favourite with 29.3 per cent support, followed by independent Senator Bernie Sanders at 23 per cent.
In 2008, then president Asif Ali Zardari conferred the Nishan-e-Pakistan on Biden for his "consistent support for democracy and socio-economic development in Pakistan and for his outstanding contribution to the strengthening of US-Pakistan relations".
Former Vice President Joe Biden to make third run for the White House
In a tweet accompanied by a three-and-a-half minute video, Biden said he couldn't stand idly by while US President Donald Trump "fundamentally altered the character of this nation".
"The core values of this nation... our standing in the world... our very democracy... everything that has made America -- America -- is at stake," he wrote in the post.
"That's why today I'm announcing my candidacy for President of the United States."
Even before his official announcement, Biden, who served eight years as Barack Obama's vice president, led most surveys of Democratic voters.
The RealClearPolitics poll aggregate puts him as favourite with 29.3 per cent support, followed by independent Senator Bernie Sanders at 23 per cent.
In 2008, then president Asif Ali Zardari conferred the Nishan-e-Pakistan on Biden for his "consistent support for democracy and socio-economic development in Pakistan and for his outstanding contribution to the strengthening of US-Pakistan relations".