Bernie Sanders backs Biden and urges Democrats to ‘stop the bickering’

Senator hails most effective president in modern history' and says Biden is strongest bet to beat demagogue' Trump

Bernie Sanders has offered his backing to Joe Biden, dismissing calls for the man he described as the most effective president in the modern history of our country" to stand down in the upcoming US presidential election.

Sanders, the totemic progressive US senator, used an opinion piece in the New York Times to endorse Biden, who has come under increasing fire from fellow Democrats over his ability to beat Donald Trump following a disastrous televised debate between the two.