One of the two major modern political parties in the United States is the Democratic Party. It was created in 1828 by Andrew Jackson supporters, making it the oldest functioning national organization in the world. The Republican Party has been its principal political foe since the 1860s.

Modern liberalism is the Democratic Party's worldview, which combines civic freedom and economic justice with respect for a market economy. The party is a broad-based alliance in Congress, with significant centrist, liberal, and conservative wings. The party's economic policy includes corporate governance reform, environmental protection, support for organized labor, expansion of social programs, cheap college tuition, healthcare, equality of opportunity, and consumer rights. On social issues, it supports campaign finance reform, LGBT rights, criminal justice reform, and immigration reform, as well as stronger gun restrictions, abortion rights, the repeal of the death penalty, and marijuana legalization.

American politician Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is the 46th and current President of the United States. He was a participant of the Democratic Party who acted as Barack Obama's 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017. From 1973 until 2009, he represented Delaware in the U.s. Senate.

Biden used his Senate encounter to portray the administration in agreements with congressional Republicans throughout his 8 years as vice president, which include on the Budget Control Act of 2011, which settled a debt limit emergency, and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which discussed the impending 'fiscal cliff.' In 2009, he managed infrastructure expenditures to help the country recover from the Great Recession. Biden was a close adviser to Obama on foreign policy, and he played a key role in planning the US troop departure from Iraq in 2011. Biden received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction from Obama in 2017.