With the victory in Pennsylvania, Biden has enough electoral votes to win the battle for the presidency.
- I'm ecstatic.
This is a big day for our country, Biden's campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon told CNN.
Forecasts in the United States say that Joe Biden is about to get about four million more votes than Donald Trump on a national basis, a margin that seems to grow as postal votes continue to count.
The President of the United States, Nancy Pelosi, says that the election of Joe Biden gives hope for the United States.
Kamala Harris, who will be America's first colored vice president, and the first woman in office, responded early on Twitter: "This election is about much more than Joe Biden or me.
It's about the soul of the United States and our willingness to fight for it.
We have a lot of work ahead of us.
Let's get started, ”she wrote.
"There will be legal challenges"
In a statement on the Trump campaign's website, Donald Trump said the election was "far from over" and said Joe Biden "was in a hurry to misrepresent himself as the winner".
Trump does not agree with the news that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States and promises that there will be legal challenges, the news agency AP reports.
Biden will give a speech later tonight local time
Joe Biden was at home with his family in Delaware when he received the news that he would become President of the United States.
"With this election movement behind us, it's time to put the anger and the gross rhetoric behind us and unite us as a nation," Joe Biden wrote tonight.
According to CNN, Joe Biden will speak to the American people on Saturday night US time, according to CNN to try to unite the country after a difficult time with pandemic, economic problems and not least Donald Trump's attacks during the election campaign with allegations of election fraud.