Published 08:11 IST, August 24th 2020

US Election 2020: Biden confident of second term as US President if elected in November

The 77-year-old Democratic leader, who has previously served as the Vice President under former US President Barack Obama, will be 78 on inauguration day in Jan

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US Democratic Presidential minee Joe Biden, who will be oldest US President ever inaugurated if he claims victory over Donald Trump in upcoming elections, has said he would consider running for a second term.

77-year-old Democratic leer, who has previously served as Vice President under former US President Barack Obama, will be 78 on inauguration day in January. He is also running against so far oldest president to acquire White House, who was 70 in January 2017 and is w 74. 

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Over course of his leership, Trump has faced several questions regarding his own health and mental ability but has occasionally mounted attacks on Biden on same grounds of . When asked about such remarks by Republican rival, Joe Biden in an interview with ABC News ask Trump to 'watch' him and compare two. 

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According to former US Vice Presider, it is ‘legitimate’ for people above of 70 to be asked about ir health or if y’re fit to do job such as that of a US President. He n ded that ‘only thing’ he has to say to people is that ‘Watch me’. Later in televised interview, when Biden was asked if he is optimistic about possibility of serving term for eight years if elected, he replied saying “absolutely”. 

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US Election 2020

With US election 2020 just around corner, fight between Trump and Biden has grown more intense with a brutal war of words. From Twitter statuses to public dresses, both rivals have me it one of most divisive elections.

main deciding grounds for this year have emerged to be COVID-19 pandemic handling, racial unjust, and national security. Biden has attempted to ramp-up his campaign by naming  first Black woman to a major presidential ticket, Kamala Harris.

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While Trump has said that Biden will let China ‘own’ US and blamed previous ministration policies for delay in COVID-19 response,  Democratic Presidential minee has launched a counter-attack on same grounds. Biden said if he was in White House handling pandemic, he would ‘shut it down’ and would have taken decisions based on directive given by scientists. Here is Trump’s latest response to Biden’s comments:

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08:11 IST, August 24th 2020