Joe Biden is the big winner of the South Carolina Democrat primary, breathing life back into his presidential campaign.
Projections based on exit polls show an overwhelming victory for the former vice president on the back of strong support from the state’s African American voters.
“Today is a great day because I’ll tell you what the full comeback starts in South Carolina and then goes here on Tuesday,” Mr Biden said shorty before the polls closed. “I mean it. We’re going to win South Carolina, and the next step is North Carolina. We do enough, we’re going to win here as well and then it’s a straight path to the nomination for President of the United States of America.”
“The bigger the win, the bigger the bump.”
More than half of the Democrat voters in South Carolina were African American and exit polls show Mr Biden received heavy support among those aged 45 years and older.
The major US networks called the race for Mr Biden based on the exit polls.