Joe Biden has officially clinched the Democratic presidential nomination and will face President Trump at the polls. The former Vice-President secured the backing of the 1,991 delegates needed to become the party's candidate earlier today.
Mr Biden - who has been widely expected to become the nominee since Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race in April - will now stand for election on November 3rd.
It comes after the 77-year-old won in all seven US states which held presidential primaries on Tuesday, including Maryland, Indiana, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota and Pennsylvania.
In a statement, Mr Biden said the country is "crying out for leadership" as it reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and mass protests