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Trump and his allies have brought at least 50 legal cases trying to overturn the results in the swing states Biden won — mainly Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Biden will be sworn in as the oldest president in the nation's history, displacing Ronald Reagan, who left the White House in 1989 when he was 77 years and 349 days old.

Trump has refused to accept his loss on November 3, despite his opponent getting over six million more votes.

Joe Biden was born on Nov 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania

After four full days of waiting patiently for the slow march of vote counting to work itself out, Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R Biden, 77, pulled off one of the great political turnarounds in America

From dividing people to convincing them that they are cheating, Trump is now undermining the electoral system itself

If Biden wins Pennsylvania, he wins the White House

With 71 per cent of mail-in ballots counted in Pennsylvania, officials still needs to count 763,000 of the 2.6 million cast, according to the state's official website.

US media organisations called Michigan for Biden where he had a lead of some 120,000 votes.

Tuesday's election saw tight races in many key battleground States with Biden winning 224 electoral college votes and Trump closely behind with 213

"Today Republicans denied the will of the American people by confirming a Supreme Court justice through an illegitimate process—all in their effort to gut the Affordable Care Act and strip health care from millions with pre-existing conditions,”

The group brings together more than 100 organizations, in particular ones campaigning for the environment and women's and LGBTQ rights, but also at least one group of anti-Trump Republicans.

The Nasdaq Composite Index, which lists US tech stock giants such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google, closed at 11,479, down 1.7 percent.

"The tweet violated a Twitter policy that prohibits sharing false or misleading misinformation about COVID-19 that could lead to harm."

The Russian chief arms control negotiator also noted that Russia would refuse any agreement on the New START that was timed to coincide with the US presidential election.

Trump has an aggressive schedule with campaign rallies set for every day this week in Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia and back to Florida.

Biden has slammed as "reckless" Trump's determination to rally huge crowds during a pandemic -- but Trump has brushed the concerns aside

Tests showed there was "no longer evidence of actively replicating virus," and that Trump's viral load was "decreasing".

The president appeared on Fox's Tucker Carlson Tonight for what the White House described as an on-air "medical evaluation" conducted remotely by Fox contributor doctor Marc Siegel.

Polls show Biden leads heavily in key demographics including women and the elderly, prompting analysts to talk increasingly of a possible landslide victory.