OREANDA-NEWS. The American magazine Time awarded the title of Person of the Year to the tandem of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who, according to the preliminary election results, will become President and Vice President of the United States.

“The Biden-Harris ticket represents something historic. Person of the Year is not just about the year that was, but about where we are headed,” the edition explained in a statement posted on December 10.

This year, there were only four candidates in the list of contenders for the title: Joe Biden, US President Donald Trump, United States chief infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci along with medical workers fighting with COVID-19, and the Racial Justice Movement, organized after the death of an Afro-American George Floyd.

Presidential election was held in the United States on November 3. According to the latest information, Biden is ahead of the incumbent Republican President Donald Trump. Biden has already announced his victory.

In the case of Biden’s presidency, Harris will become Vice President and the first woman in American history to hold such a high position.