US President Joe Biden easily won the first official Democratic primary in the state of South Carolina. The 81-year-old wants to run for a second term in the presidential election in November.
He has no serious competition within the party. The vote in South Carolina was nevertheless seen as the first major test run for his election campaign. Many black voters live in the conservative southern US state, whose votes are of particular importance for Biden's campaign nationwide. The actual presidential election takes place at the beginning of November.