Civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis is backing Joe Biden for president, giving the prospective Democratic nominee perhaps his biggest symbolic endorsement among the many veteran black lawmakers who back his candidacy. "We need his voice," the 80-year-old Lewis told reporters ahead of the campaign's Tuesday announcement.

He described the 77-year-old Biden as "a man of courage, a man of great conscience, a man of faith," and said the former vice president would "help us regain our way as a nation." A 17-term Atlanta congressman, Lewis is battling pancreatic cancer but said he'd "travel around America" for Biden if social distancing guidelines are eased amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Barack Obama Endorses Joe Biden as Democratic Nominee in 2020 Presidential Campaign

Former President Barack Obama has officially endorsed his past running mate and vice president, Joe Biden, who recently became the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2020 presidential election.

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Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden for president

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