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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris named Time magazine’s 2020 ‘Person of the Year’

The pair was chosen ahead of three other finalists: frontline health care workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump who Biden defeated in November’s election.

AFP | Washington | December 11, 2020 10:08 am

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris named Time magazine’s 2020 ‘Person of the Year’

(Photo: Twitter/KamalaHarris)

US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine’s 2020 “Person of the Year,” the publication announced Thursday.

The pair was chosen ahead of three other finalists: frontline health care workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump who Biden defeated in November’s election.

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