"Members of the House of Representatives today exercised their constitutional powers and voted in favor of initiating impeachment proceedings and holding the president accountable," Biden said in a statement posted on his transition team's website.
At the same time, he expressed the hope that "the leaders in the Senate will find a way to fulfill the obligations of impeachment stipulated by the constitution, without disrupting work on other issues important for this country."
Earlier it was reported that the House of Representatives began to consider a resolution to impeach Trump, after which a two-hour debate on impeachment began.
The US House of Representatives later voted in favor of a resolution to impeach Trump.
The resolution now has to be considered by the Republican majority Senate.
On January 6, a protest by Trump supporters took place in Washington, which escalated into riots.
The demonstrators broke into the congress building, where the procedure for approving the results of the presidential elections was taking place.
After that, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi called for the use of the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution and remove Trump from power before the end of his term, January 20.