Biden did much to dispel that caricature Thursday night during his 24-minute address accepting the Democratic Party's presidential nomination
The US has had more than 5.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases, with more than 175,000 deaths
Joe Biden currently leads in national polls and surveys of key states
Biden delivered the most important speech of his five-decade political career after securing the nomination
Joe Biden praised his Indian-American running mate Kamala Harris during his nomination acceptance speech, describing her as a "powerful voice" in the US and said her "story is the American story"
Taking a dig at Donald Trump, Joe Biden took out a moment to thank Barack Obama for being a great president who children could and did look up to but said the same cannot be said about the current one
He also assured Americans that he would not leave them at the mercy of China to protect them from the Covid-19 pandemic
The campaign framed Trump's speech as a review of "a half-century of Joe Biden failing America," and the location pointed to the importance of Pennsylvania as a battleground state
If Biden and Harris win the November presidential elections, Emhoff, a divorcee with two kids, would be America's first Second Gentlemen
Harris, 55, scripted history in US politics as she became the first Indian-American and Black woman to get a major party''s vice presidential nomination
Biden will officially accept the Democratic party's nomination on Thursday evening, the last night of a largely virtual national convention nominally held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Harris' mother Shyamala Gopalan, from Tamil Nadu, India, died more than a decade ago but she remains a powerful force in the Senator's life
Trump from the first days, if not even just from the campaign before his first days in office, spent full time trying to sow hate and division among us, said Harris
Harris, 55, scripted history on Wednesday by becoming the first Black and Indian descent individual to be nominated as a vice-presidential candidate of a major political party
Kamala Harris's sister, step-daughter and niece will deliver the vice-presidential nominating speeches for the Indian-origin senator
The diaspora's involvement with Indian domestic politics colours our expectations
Since leaving the White House nearly four years ago, former President Barack Obama has repeatedly called for a new generation of political leaders to step up
US President Donald Trump's campaign has called Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his Indian-origin running mate Kamala Harris the two most spineless, career politicians ever
As unlikely as the eclectic lineup of political bedfellows was, stranger still was the spectacle of an entirely virtual convention
A recent poll found that 52 percent of Latino voters in key battleground states said the selection of Ms. Harris as his running mate would make them more likely to vote for Mr. Biden