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Source: Los Angeles Times
When Joe Biden ran for president for the first time, 30 years ago, the World Wide Web had not yet been invented. When he ran again 10 years ago, Twitter was in its infancy.
Now, with his announcement Thursday that he is launching a third bid for the presidency at the age of 76, Biden is asking Democrats to decide if his time has come at last, or if it has come and gone for a man who has been in politics for nearly half a century.
Biden has teased his announcement for months, building anticipation. With his near-universal name recognition, vast political network and long government resume 36 years in the Senate and eight as Barack Obamas vice president he has consistently sat atop polls of Democratic voters nationwide and in states holding early primaries.
Now, his official entry into the race has potential to give new shape to the sprawling candidate field. As a popular centrist well known to most Democrats, he poses an obstacle to lesser-known candidates laboring to gain traction in the big field.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-joe-biden-president-election-20190425-story.html