The Democratic national convention kicks off at the United Center in Chicago four weeks after the US president, Joe Biden, shuttered his campaign and made way for his vice-president Kamala Harris to ascend to the top of the Democratic ticket. Biden will give a speech on the convention’s opening night, as will the first lady, Jill Biden, Hillary Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Biden is expected to use his keynote address as a symbolic handoff of his party to Harris
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