Biden pledges to end US 'darkness' in accepting Democratic nomination
Former vice-president Joe Biden accepts the Democratic Party nomination for US president during the last day of the Democratic National Convention, being held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware on August 20, 2020.
Biden's acceptance speech reflected the enormity of the shutdown that has upended life across the United States in the battle against the deadly coronavirus.
After months of relentless mockery from Trump and other Republicans who claim Biden is senile, the veteran politician's speech was markedly fluent and always full of passion.
Pennsylvania is exactly the kind of place that used to be reliably Democratic but is now divided, with many seduced by Trump's economic nationalism and vows to defend traditional white, working class values.
Wilmington,
Joe Biden promised Thursday to end the "darkness" of Donald Trump's presidency in a speech accepting the Democratic nomination with an impassioned call for unity and a return to optimism.
