President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del.
Democracy, Biden said, has been โpushed, tested, threatened.โ But he said it proved to be โresilient, true, and strong.โโThe flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago,โ Biden said.
But the challenge facing Biden was evident as many congressional Republicans, including some of the party's top leaders, refused to officially accept Biden's win.
The younger Biden said in a statement last week that he just recently learned that he was under investigation.
Biden's deputy chief of staff, Jen OโMalley Dillon, downplayed the notion that the investigation could hamper Bidenโs ability to pursue his agenda.