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    <em>The Ticket: </em>Jim Clyburn

    The House majority whip from South Carolina gave President-elect Joe Biden the key endorsement of his candidacy. What does the civil-rights veteran want to see from his party—and the new president—in 2021?
    by Kevin Townsend Dec 18, 2020 3 minutes
    Source: Jacquelyn Martin / AP

    The Electoral College’s Monday vote to formally make Joe Biden the 46th president caps a weeks-long process of the former vice president having his victory affirmed again and again. But a Biden win, even in the primaries, didn’t always seem like a sure thing.

    After Biden came in fourth in Iowa and fifth in New Hampshire, his hopes rested on South Carolina. And key to his victory there—and to his ultimately successful candidacy—was an endorsement from Jim Clyburn. The 14-term congressman is a veteran of the civil-rights movement and will be

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