US Elections Update: Senator Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden's bid for presidency

US Senator Bernie Sanders announced on Monday that he supports Joe Biden's bid for the presidency and urged everyone to rally behind the former vice president.

"Today I am asking all Americans, I am asking every Democrat, I am asking every independent, I am asking a lot of Republicans to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy, which I endorse," Sanders said as he appeared in a webcast together with Biden.

Sanders urged voters to make certain that "we defeat somebody who I believe ... is the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country."

The endorsement comes just days after Sanders suspended his own campaign for the Democratic nomination following a series of defeats in the primaries.

Biden thanked Sanders and said he would need his former rival during the campaign and afterwards.

"If I am the nominee, which it looks like now you just made me, I'm going to need you - not just to win the campaign, but to govern," he said.

The US presidential election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2020. 

--ANI--