Cover news reporter Yan Lei

On the evening of August 18, local time, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was officially nominated as a Democratic presidential candidate, and he will compete with U.S. President Trump, who is seeking re-election.

Democrats nominated Joe Biden as their presidential nominee

On the second day of the Democratic National Convention of the United States, a regular roll call was held. This year, Democratic Party representatives nominated Biden and Senator Sanders as presidential candidates, and Democratic Party representatives from 57 states and territories announced the results of the vote via video.

After the roll call, the chairman of the Democratic National Convention, Be

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It was announced that Biden was officially the Democratic presidential nominee. Biden then greeted by video, and he will deliver a speech accepting nominations on Thursday (20th) evening.

After U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders announced in April that he would halt his campaign, Biden, as the only Democratic presidential candidate, was considered to have locked up his nomination, and it was only a matter of time and time before he received the required number of party representatives.

Biden was born on November 20, 1942 in Pennsylvania, USA, a lawyer, stepped into politics in 1970, was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972, served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Foreign Relations Committee, and served as vice president of the United States during the Obama administration. This is his third run for president.

Will Biden put an end to the "chaos" caused by Trump?

On the evening of the 18th, former US Democratic Presidents Carter and Clinton, as well as a number of party political rookies, also delivered remote speeches at the conference to support Biden. They say Biden has both experience and character to revive the United States, which has been hit hard by the pandemic.

Under the theme of "leadership matters", the second night of the convention sought to prove that Biden would represent an end to the "chaos" caused by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump and return the country to normal, as Clinton said.

In a pre-recorded video, Clinton said, "At a time like this, the president's office should be the command center." Instead, it is the epicenter of a storm, where there is nothing but chaos. Only one thing will never change – and that is his determination to refuse to take responsibility and pass the buck. ”

Due to the pandemic, the four-day conference was largely conducted online, with delegates across the country confirming Biden as the nominee through remote voting.

According to the final data released by Nielsen on the 18th, about 19.7 million viewers watched the opening night of the Democratic Convention on the 17th through 10 TV stations in the United States, a decrease of about a quarter from four years ago.

The Biden campaign said on social media on the 18th that the first night of online and streaming viewers reached a record 10.2 million, and a total of about 28.9 million Americans watched the opening night of the Democratic Convention through television and digital platforms.