'I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now.' Barack Obama has set out why he believes Joe Biden is the right person to replace Donald Trump in the November elections
However, Mr Obama stayed silent on who he would be supporting in the early stages of the election cycle.
Mr Biden became the Democrats' only remaining candidate last week, when his socialist rival Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race to give him a clear run to the nomination.Sanders ends presidential campaign
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