Cory Booker, the charismatic former mayor of Newark who dropped out of the race in January, is the latest prominent African-American politician to back Biden.
Former vice president Joe Biden received the backing of another former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday ahead of a crucial head-to-head primary matchup with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in six US states.
Biden has surged since scoring a decisive victory in the South Carolina primary on February 29, with endorsements from key African-American leaders helping him claim the frontrunner mantle in the race. Biden, who served for eight years as vice president to Obama, America’s first black president, did well during last week’s primaries in southern states with large African-American populations similar to Mississippi.
But former Democratic candidates Booker, Harris, Patrick, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Michael Bloomberg and Beto O’Rourke have swung behind Biden, seeing a moderate as having the best chance of defeating Trump.
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