CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden is delivering his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention. His decision to end his reelection bid released newfound energy with Vice President Kamala Harris’ rise to the top of the ticket. Biden received a hero’s welcome for the act of stepping aside for Harris, weeks after many in his party were pressuring him to drop his bid for reelection. The opening night of the convention in Chicago was designed as a handoff from the incumbent to his hand-picked successor — albeit four years before he intended for her to follow him. A visibly emotional Biden was greeted by a more than four-minute-long ovation and chants of “Thank you Joe.”
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