The Democratic National Convention, a virtual production since the COVID-19 pandemic led party officials to cancel all in-person plans in Milwaukee, featured presenters including former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, former first lady Michelle Obama, progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and longtime Republicans including John Kasich and Cindy McCain, who lent her voice to a documentary showcasing her late husband Sen. John McCain’s personal and professional relationship with the Democratic presidential nominee.
The unusual format, with just eight hours of prime-time programming spread over four nights from Aug. 17-20, sought to project a cohesive message to a splintered electorate wrenched by a pandemic, a devastated economy and an ongoing reckoning on systemic racism.
Programming is broadcast and streamed online each night from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. CST.
As with a normal convention, Biden’s acceptance speech will conclude the proceedings Thursday night. He is expected to speak live from his home state of Delaware, though the campaign has not announced a venue.
