Vice President Joe Biden will only become the 15th Vice President to rise to the sacred post of President
Pennsylvania was called out for Biden by The Associated Press around 11:30 am EST, ending the week-long election process
He is also only the sixth in history to be elected president, according to the Senate website, compared to nine others who took over as president after the death or resignation of the sitting president
Theodore Roosevelt, in 1904, was the first president to succeed and re-elect president in his own right
Biden is also the second president to be elected not immediately after his term as vice president The first was Nixon, who lost to John F Kennedy in the 1960 election
According to the Senate website, the vice president is also responsible for receiving « the ballot count » for the new president
Joe Biden, US Vice President George HW Bush
World News – AU – Joe Biden is only the 15th Vice President in history to become president
