Joe Biden had hopes to be formally nominated as the Democrats' election candidate – but the party's national convention has been delayed.
The coronavirus disrupted the US presidential race Thursday when Democrats were forced to postpone their national convention until August 17, delaying the likely nomination of Joe Biden to challenge Donald Trump for the White House.
The Democratic National Committee said the coronavirus crisis has forced a five-week postponement of the convention, a grand affair that brings several thousand party luminaries together in one arena. Convention planners will use the coming weeks to assess all options to reduce risks to public health.
The pandemic has already killed more than 5,750 people in the United States, which has a world-leading tally of 238,000 confirmed infections.The Democratic nomination race has boiled down to moderate Biden, the clear frontrunner, and self-declared democratic socialist Senator Bernie Sanders. Wisconsin, a crucial battleground in November, is still scheduled to hold its primary Tuesday, defying demands from political officials -- and from Sanders -- that the election be delayed.Biden suggested he was open to holding the vote.
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