Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Obama calls picking Biden for veep one of his best decisions. (Image via video still) In a full-throated endorsement, Barack Obama has thrown his support to Joe Biden for president, carefully detailing why Biden is the right man for the job by touching on the pandemic, the economy and the standing of the U.S.