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He gave up his candidacy for his succession in the American presidential election, after a disastrous first debate with Donald Trump. Joe Biden had nevertheless shown great pugnacity in 2020 in the same exercise opposing him to Trump. The polls were then favorable to him.
The man who was Barack Obama’s running mate and vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017, was running for the highest office at the age of 77, which he won. The antithesis of Trump, the man is characterized rather by his sympathy and empathy. A personality that his opponents, on the contrary, accuse of being boring and weak.
Temperament
Trump regularly mocks his language blunders, which are actually due to a stutter he has been battling since childhood. But Joe Biden has proven that he has a rather strong character. He then designated as his running mate the woman who has since become his vice-president: Kamala Harris.
With a strong character and very marked by her opposition to Trump, the one who had been a senator from California since 2016 was already a rising star for the Democrats. Today, she is the candidate of her camp and brings new hope against Donald Trump.
La Story is a podcast from Les Echos hosted by Pierrick Fay. This episode was recorded in September 2020. Editor-in-chief: Clémence Lemaistre. Guests: Nicolas Rauline (correspondent from Les Echos in New York), Anaïs Moutot (correspondent from Les Echos in San Francisco) and Sonia Dridi (author of “Joe Biden, le pari de l’Amérique anti-Trump” published by Éditions du Rocher). Director: Willy Ganne. Music: Théo Boulenger. Graphic identity: Upian. Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP/SIPA. Sounds: WMBD News, The Hill, Global News, The Telegraph, NBC News, Frisko “Shut Up Man”, Rodney “Shut Up Parody”, France 24, C-SPAN, “New York, police judiciaire”, Billy Porter “For What It’s Worth”, CBS Philly.
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