Elected 46th President of the United States, American Democrat Joe Biden turns 78 on Friday, November 20.
The septuagenarian defeated Donald Trump in an election disrupted by the health crisis affecting the country but also by accusations of fraud on the part of his opponent and the Republican clan.
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A record is added to this electoral victory as well as to its anniversary.
In two months to the day, Joe Biden will become the oldest American president in the history of the United States.
Indeed, he will be sworn in on January 20, 2021 before officially taking over the White House.
Until now, Ronald Reagan held this record: the Republican left the White House on January 20, 1989 when he was 77 years old.
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For now, his campaign team has not announced any event to celebrate the president-elect's birthday.
Joe Biden is due to visit Nancy Pelosi, re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chuck Schumer, Democratic Minority Leader in the Senate, in his home town of Wilmington, Delaware.
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