US election: Biden’s security detail to be increased ahead of anticipated victory
- In terms of security, things will change for Joe Biden if he wins the US presidential election
- There is a possibility that Biden will have more security officials around him ahead of his anticipated victory at the poll
- The US secret security service has directed a squad of operatives to be added to Biden's security detail
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There is a high chance that the United States (US) presidential candidate on the platform of the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, will get increased security detail if he wins the election.
According to Washinton Post, the number of security personnel around Biden will go up ahead of his anticipated speech at Wilminton city in Delaware.
This decision of the US Secret Service came after Biden's campaign organisation alerted it that he will be using a convention centre in the area to make a major speech on Friday, November 6.
Source: UGC
At the moment, the former vice president's campaign council has been making preparations for his inaugural speech in expectation of Biden's victory in the presidential election.
Meanwhile, Biden set a new impressive record as votes counting continues.
Biden who was leading President Donald Trump garnered most votes than ever. Legit.ng gathers he has broken the record set by former US president Barack Obama, his former boss, for the most votes cast in a presidential election.
Obama who earned 69,498,516 votes has now been surpassed by Biden who has garnered 70,427,609 while votes counting is still ongoing at the time of filing this report.
Added to this, he extended his early lead over President Trump of the Republican Party.
Wisconsin had been called in favour of Biden, giving him the 10 electoral votes of the key battleground state.
Biden has also been called to win in Michigan. With 96 per cent of the vote counted in the state so far, Biden held a roughly 46,000 vote edge over Trump, a lead of about one percentage point.
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