PRIMARY SEASON
Joe Biden’s Greatest 2020 Strength—and Biggest Weakness
Biden is the front-runner—for now. Can the other candidates catch up to his nostalgia factor?
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
It appears increasingly likely that the 2020 Democratic primary field will be the most wide open in recent memory, and perhaps in the history of American politics. As candidates move through the nomination process, there are already arguments being made as to the strengths—and weaknesses—of those who have entered the field and their chances in a general election against President Trump.
JOE BIDEN
Date of campaign launch: April 25, 2019