The Democratic presidential nominee ended the mostly-virtual DNC celebrations with a speech calling for national unity.
Joe Biden accepts Democratic nomination
"As president, I will make you a promise," Biden said."I'll protect America from every attack, seen and unseen, always without exception. Every time."After promising to tackle racial inequality and curb the COVID-19 pandemic, Biden closed his speech with a call for the nation to come together. At the time of writing, the vice president appears to have a strong chance of winning the Oval Office in November, with FiveThirtyEight's election forecast giving the Democrat a 72 percent chance of winning as of Friday morning.The Democratic nominee's son Hunter Biden appeared alongside his sister Ashley Biden to sing their father's praises in a short pre-recorded speech split between them.
Hunter later added that his father would make people's grandkids feel that"what they've got to say matters," and always get up after being knocked down.
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