The Democratic former vice president defeated President Donald Trump, 273 electoral votes to 214 after CNN, MSNBC, and other outlets projected Biden the winner of Pennsylvania, which put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win.Biden's victory means that California Senator Kamala Harris will become the country's first female vice president, as well as the first Black woman and the first Indian American woman.
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