Biden's policies emphasize the needs of middle-class and working-class Americans and have drawn political support from those groups. Figures farther to the left such as Bernie Sanders have criticized Biden for not embracing Medicare for All or the Green New Deal. Biden has been described as center to center-left and has described himself as the latter. Over his career, Biden has generally been regarded as belonging to the mainstream of the Democratic Party. He became the presumptive Democratic nominee in April 2020, was formally nominated by the Democratic Party in August 2020, and defeated Republican incumbent Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.
In April 2019, Biden announced his 2020 presidential campaign. He was elected vice president in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he made his second presidential run in 2008, later being announced as Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's running mate in 2008. Joe Biden, President of the United States, served as Vice President from 2009 to 2017 and in the United States Senate from 1973 until 2009.
