Joe Biden raised more than $42mn in January, giving him a record-breaking $130mn war chest ahead of the November US presidential election despite mounting concerns over his age and weak polling numbers.
The campaign said Biden’s cash on hand was more than any Democratic candidate had ever amassed by this point in the election cycle and contrasted the figure with the fundraising efforts of Donald Trump, whose political action committees’ coffers are being drained by his legal fees.
“January’s fundraising haul — driven by a powerhouse grassroots fundraising program that continues to grow month by month — is an indisputable show of strength to start the election year,” said Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez in a statement.