 Later as president, he would enact the most far-reaching progressive agenda since Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society. As Barack Obama's running mate, he would be a crucial partner in electing the nation's first black president. And then again, the predictions of pundits, against the predictions of pundits, he won the Democratic presidential nomination himself on his third try in 2020, facing a field of contenders a generation younger. He prevailed in his party and then with the country, ousting