"If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst," Joe Biden said in his acceptance speech on the last day of the Democratic National Convention.


Joe Biden Former Vice President of the United States

Joe Biden

Former Vice President of the United States


  • In the finale of the four-day Democratic National Convention Friday, former US Vice-President Joe Biden took centre stage to formally accept the Democratic nomination for the president’s post.
  •  “If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I’ll be an ally of the light, not the darkness. It’s time for us, for we the people, to come together. And make no mistake: united, we can and will overcome this season of darkness in America,” Biden said in his acceptance speech, live from the Chase Center in Wilmington.
  • “The current president has cloaked America in darkness for much too long — too much anger, too much fear, too much division. Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I will be an ally of the light, not the darkness,” Biden said.
  • Hours before the convention, Trump visited Scranton, Biden’s birthplace, in the swing state of Pennsylvania, where he targeted the Democratic nominee. He highlighted a “half century of Joe Biden failing America,” and told voters he had “abandoned” Scranton and Pennsylvania.