Kerry endorses Biden in 2020 race: He 'can beat Donald Trump'

Former Secretary of State John Kerry threw his support behind Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Thursday, saying that the former vice president is “uniquely the person running for president who can beat Donald Trump” in 2020.

“I believe Joe Biden is the President our country desperately needs right now, not because I’ve known Joe so long, but because I know Joe so well,” Kerry, a former U.S. senator and the Democratic Party’s 2004 presidential nominee, said in a statement released by Biden’s campaign.

“I’ve never before seen the world more in need of someone who on day one can begin the incredibly hard work of putting back together the world Donald Trump has smashed apart.”