Biden, Harris named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'
WASHINGTON โ Time magazine has named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris its โPerson of the Year.โTime's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says Biden and Harris won the honor for โchanging the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world.โFelsenthal notes, โEvery elected President since FDR has at some point during his term been a Person of the Year, nearly a dozen of those in a presidential election year. This is the first time we have included a Vice President.โTime's other Person of the Year candidates were President Donald Trump; frontline health care workers and Dr. Anthony Fauci; and the movement for racial justice. Also Thursday, Time named the Korean boy band BTS its Entertainer of the Year and named Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James its Athlete of the Year.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris collectively named TIMEโs 2020 โPerson of the Yearโ
All rights reserved)TIME has made its pick, or more accurately, โpicks,โ for 2020 Person of the Year. President-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris, collectively, represent TIMEโs Person of the Year for 2020. Biden and Harris are featured on TIMEโs Person of the Year cover with three other words: โChanging Americaโs Story.โTIME has recognized every elected president since FDR as a Person of the Year at some point during his term. 2020 marks the first time TIME has also named a vice president as Person of the Year. Dr. Anthony Fauci is TIMEโs 2020 Guardian of the Year.