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In this May 13, 2019, photo, former US vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden interacts with a supporter during a campaign stop at the Community Oven restaurant in Hampton, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
May 22, 2019, 11:30 am
North Korea calls Biden a ‘fool of low IQ’ over Kim criticism
After US presidential hopeful brands regime leader a ‘tyrant,’ Pyongyang retorts that he’s an ‘imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being’
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, Saturday, May 18, 2019. (AP/Matt Rourke)
May 19, 2019, 12:07 am
At 1st major rally, Biden calls for unity, knocks ‘divider-in-chief’ Trump
Former US VP takes a few swipes at president, says ‘nation needs to come together’
By Michael Mathes
Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders (All images AP)
May 16, 2019, 7:13 pm
Where do top 2020 Democratic hopefuls stand on Israel?
Each of the presidential contenders promises a radically different Israel policy to Trump’s. But some are more radical than others
By Eric Cortellessa
Former US vice president Joe Biden arrives at a rally organized by UFCW Union members to support Stop and Shop employees on strike throughout the region at the Stop and Shop in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on April 18, 2019. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)
May 8, 2019, 11:23 pm
Jewish voters overwhelmingly prefer Biden as US Democratic nominee, poll finds
Almost half of 581 respondents favor former US vice president, leaving Jewish Senator Bernie Sanders and others way behind
By LAURA E. ADKINS
Hand-written notes are displayed on a light post across the street from the Chabad of Poway Synagogue after a shooting on April 27, 2019 in Poway, California. (SANDY HUFFAKER / AFP)
April 29, 2019, 12:43 am
US shooting renews debate on anti-Semitism and its political response
Coming exactly six months after Pittsburgh carnage, Poway synagogue attack raises questions about a nationwide rise in anti-Semitism and in hate crimes generally
By AFP
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, answers questions during a presidential forum held by She The People on the Texas State University campus in Houston, April 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
April 27, 2019, 2:34 am
Some women of color frustrated by Biden’s presidential bid
Many black female voters are hoping for minority nominee and irked by former VP’s handling of 1991 Anita Hill case, activists say
By JUANA SUMMERS and ERRIN HAINES WHACK
Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is shown after appearing on ABC's 'The View,' Friday, April 26, 2019 in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
April 26, 2019, 9:34 pm
Biden hits back at Trump, defends his interactions with women
In first TV appearance of his US presidential campaign, former vice president also pressed on his handling of Anita Hill testimony; refuses to commit to one term
By AFP
Ku Klux Klan members on July 8, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia protesting the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, and calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments. (Chet Strange/Getty Images via JTA)
April 26, 2019, 8:08 pm
Trump defends Charlottesville comments by praising Confederate general
Remarks come after Biden makes president’s ‘very fine people on both sides’ defense of white supremacists the center of his campaign launch
By Agencies
Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arrives at the Wilmington train station, April 25, 2019 in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
April 25, 2019, 6:11 pm
Biden makes Trump’s Charlottesville reaction the center of his campaign launch
Newly announced 2020 Democratic candidate says president’s comments on neo-Nazi marchers made him realize ‘the threat to this nation was unlike any I had seen in this lifetime’
By Ron Kampeas
Former US vice president Joe Biden arrives at a rally organized by UFCW Union members to support Stop and Shop employees on strike throughout the region at the Stop and Shop in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on April 18, 2019. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)
April 25, 2019, 1:23 pm
Joe Biden launches 2020 presidential bid, warning ‘soul’ of America at stake
Former vice president formally enters the race with release of video on Twitter; 20 Democrats now jockeying for the chance to take on Trump next year
By Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont
Vice President Joe Biden Biden is introduced by holocaust survivor Nesse Godin as he arrives to address the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly at the Gaylord National Harbor Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 25, 2019, 1:52 am
5 Jewish things to know about Joe Biden
Former VP who will announce his 2020 candidacy on Thursday has a long, deep Jewish record, from his oft-told anecdotes about Golda Meir to his Jewish in-laws
By Ron Kampeas
Former US vice president Joe Biden arrives at a rally organized by UFCW Union members to support Stop and Shop employees on strike throughout the region at the Stop and Shop in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on April 18, 2019. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)
April 24, 2019, 5:06 am
Biden expected to announce 2020 presidential bid Thursday
Former vice president to enter crowded field of Democrats vying for White House nomination, source says, settling biggest question of election season
By AP
Former vice president Joe Biden talks with officials after speaking at a rally in support of striking Stop & Shop workers in Boston, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
April 19, 2019, 5:59 pm
Biden expected to launch presidential campaign next week
Former vice president to join crowded Democratic field vying to challenge Trump in 2020; expected to highlight rise of the far-right
By Julie Pace, Thomas Beaumont and MEG KINNARD
In this January 24, 2019, file photo, former US vice president Joe Biden speaks at the US Conference of Mayors Annual Winter Meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
April 4, 2019, 3:09 am
Biden pledges to be ‘more mindful’ of respecting personal space
Former veep does not apologize for making some women uncomfortable, but responds to accusations ahead of expected 2020 Democratic presidential run
By Thomas Beaumont
Then-Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor and Nevada Assemblywoman Lucy Flores (Democrat-Las Vegas), left, introduces then-US Vice President Joe Biden at a get-out-the-vote rally at a union hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 1, 2014. (Ethan Miller/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP)
March 31, 2019, 9:12 pm
Joe Biden seeks to quell storm over campaign trail kiss
Former US vice president says he has offered countless ‘expressions of affection’ in the past, but believes he never ‘acted inappropriately’
By AFP
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