Joe Biden Set to Launch 2020 Presidential Bid as Soon as Next Week

Former Vice President Joe Biden is putting the finishing touches on the rollout of his presidential campaign and is expected to announce as soon as next week that he is joining the sprawling field of 2020 Democratic contenders.

The 76-year-old former senator and two-time presidential candidate is expected to launch his campaign with a video as early as Wednesday, according to three people close to the former vice president. After releasing the video, Mr. Biden is expected to embark on a tour of early voting states and then hold a formal campaign kickoff event, the people said.

Advisers have discussed a possible kickoff event in Philadelphia in the battleground state of Pennsylvania; Mr. Biden’s home state of Delaware; or potentially in Charlottesville, Va., where a deadly white nationalist rally in 2017 galvanized the nation.