List of Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign endorsements

This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who endorsed Joe Biden's campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Former federal executive officials Presidents

Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States (1977–1981), governor of Georgia (1971–1975), Georgia state senator from District 14 (1963–1967), recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States (1993–2001), governor of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992), attorney general of Arkansas (1977–1979) Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017) – under whom Biden served as vice president, U.S. senator from Illinois (2005–2008), Illinois state senator from District 13 (1997–2004), recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009

Vice presidents

Al Gore, 45th vice president of the United States (1993–2001), U.S. senator from Tennessee (1985–1993), U.S. representative from TN-06 (1983–1985) and TN-04 (1977–1983), 2000 nominee for president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 Walter Mondale, 42nd vice president of the United States (1977–1981), U.S. ambassador to Japan (1993–1996), U.S. senator from Minnesota (1964–1976), attorney general of Minnesota (1960–1964), 1984 nominee for president

Cabinet-level officials

Madeleine Albright, U.S. secretary of state (1997–2001), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1993–1997) Peter Allgeier, U.S. trade representative (2005, 2009) (Republican) Rand Beers, U.S. secretary of Homeland Security (2013), U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2013), Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs (2009–2014) Citing the open letter with list of signatories: Erskine Bowles, president of the University of North Carolina System (2005–2010), administrator of the Small Business Administration (1993–1994), White House Chief of Staff (1997–1998), White House deputy chief of staff for Operations (1994–1996) Carol Browner, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1993–2001), director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy (2009–2011) William J. Burns, U.S. secretary of state (2009) Ash Carter, U.S. Secretary of Defense (2015–2017) Julian Castro, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2014–2017), mayor of San Antonio, Texas (2009–2014), 2020 candidate for president Steven Chu, U.S. secretary of energy (2009–2013), laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1997) Henry Cisneros, U.S. secretary of housing and urban development (1993–1997), mayor of San Antonio, TX (1981–1989) James Clapper, director of National Intelligence (2010–2017), under secretary of defense for intelligence (2007–2010), director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2001–2006), director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (1991–1995) Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013), U.S. senator from New York (2001–2009), First Lady of the United States (1993–2001), 2016 nominee for president William Cohen, U.S. secretary of defense (1997–2001), U.S. senator from Maine (1979–1997), U.S. representative from ME-02 (1973–1979) (Republican) Maria Contreras-Sweet, administrator of the Small Business Administration (2014–2017), California Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing Agency (1999–2003) James B. Cunningham, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2001), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan (2012–2014), U.S. ambassador to Israel (2008–2011) William M. Daley, U.S. secretary of commerce (1997–2000), White House chief of staff (2011–2012) Tom Donilon, U.S. national security advisor (2010–2013), deputy national security advisor (2009–2010) Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, Illinois (2011–2019), White House chief of staff (2009–2010), U.S. representative from IL-05 (2003–2009), senior advisor to the president (1993–1998) Mike Espy, U.S. secretary of agriculture (1993–1994), 2020 nominee for Senate, U.S. representative from MS-02 (1987–1993) Anthony Foxx, U.S. secretary of transportation (2013–2017), mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina (2009–2013) Michael Froman, U.S. trade representative (2013–2017) Stuart M. Gerson, U.S. attorney general (1993) (Republican) Dan Glickman, U.S. secretary of agriculture (1995–2001), U.S. representative from KS-04 (1977–1995) Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. secretary of commerce (2005–2009) (Republican) Chuck Hagel, U.S. secretary of defense (2013–2015), U.S. senator from Nebraska (1997–2009) (Republican) Michael Hayden, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2006–2009), Director of the National Security Agency (1999–2005) (Independent) Carla Anderson Hills, U.S. secretary of housing and urban development (1975–1977), U.S. trade representative (1989–1993) (Republican) Citing the statement with list of signatories: Eric Holder, U.S. attorney general (2009–2015), U.S. deputy attorney general (1997–2001), U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia (1993–1997) Sally Jewell, U.S. secretary of the interior (2013–2017) Mickey Kantor, U.S. secretary of commerce (1996–1997), U.S. trade representative (1993–1996) Peter Keisler, U.S. attorney general (2007) (Republican) John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate (2021–2024), U.S. secretary ofsState (2013–2017), U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1985–2013), lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1983–1985), 2004 nominee for president Ray LaHood, U.S. secretary of transportation (2009–2013), U.S. representative from IL-18 (1995–2009) (Republican) Jack Lew, U.S. secretary of the treasury (2013–2017), White House chief of staff (2012–2013), Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2010–2012, 1998–2001) Gary Locke, U.S. ambassador to China (2011–2014), U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2009–2011), governor of Washington (1997–2005) James Loy, U.S. secretary of homeland security (2005) Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2013–2017) Bob McDonald, U.S. secretary of veterans affairs (2014–2017) (Republican) Denis McDonough, U.S. secretary of veterans affairs (2021–present), White House chief of staff (2013–2017), deputy national security advisor (2010–2013) Donald McHenry, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1979–1981) Norman Mineta, U.S. secretary of transportation (2001–2006), U.S. secretary of commerce (2000–2001), U.S. representative from CA-15 (1993–1995) and CA-13 (1975–1993) Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California System (2013–2020), U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2009–2013), governor of Arizona (2003–2009), chair of the National Governors Association (2006–2007) John Negroponte, U.S. deputy secretary of state (2007–2009), director of National Intelligence (2005–2007), U.S. ambassador to Iraq (2004–2005), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2001–2004), U.S. ambassador to the Philippines (1993–1996), U.S. ambassador to Mexico (1989–1993), deputy national security advisor (1987–1989), assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs (1985–1987), U.S. ambassador to Honduras (1981–1985) (Republican) Leon Panetta, U.S. secretary of defense (2011–2013), director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2009–2011), White House chief of staff (1994–1997), director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994), U.S. representative from CA-16 (1977–1993) Anne W. Patterson, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs (2013–2017), U.S. ambassador to Egypt (2011–2013), U.S. ambassador to Pakistan (2007–2010), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2005), assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs (2005–2007), U.S. ambassador to Colombia (2000–2003), U.S. ambassador to El Salvador (1997–2000) Federico Peña, U.S. secretary of energy (1997–1998), U.S. secretary of transportation (1993–1997), mayor of Denver, Colorado (1983–1991) Kal Penn, former Principal Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (2009–2011) and actor William Perry, U.S. secretary of defense (1994–1997), deputy secretary of defense (1993–1994), under Sscretary of defense for research and engineering Mary E. Peters, U.S. secretary of transportation (2006–2009) (Republican) Thomas R. Pickering, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1989–1992) John Podesta, White House chief of staff (1998–2001) Colin Powell, U.S. secretary of state (2001–2005), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), U.S. national security advisor (1987–1989) (Republican) Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2013–2017) Penny Pritzker, U.S. secretary of commerce (2013–2017) Robert Reich, U.S. secretary of labor (1993–1997) William K. Reilly, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1989–1993) (Republican) Susan Rice, director of the United States Domestic Policy Council (2021–2023), U.S. national security advisor (2013–2017), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2009–2013), assistant secretary of state for African affairs (1997–2001) Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico (2003–2011), U.S. secretary of energy (1998–2001), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1997–1998), U.S. representative from NM-03 (1983–1997) Tom Ridge, U.S. secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005), Homeland Security advisor (2001–2003) governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001) U.S. representative from PA-21 (1983–1995) (Republican) Richard Riley, U.S. secretary of education (1993–2001), governor of South Carolina (1979–1987) Robert Rubin, director of the U.S. National Economic Council (1993–1995), U.S. secretary of the treasury (1995–1999), chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations (2007–2017) Ken Salazar, U.S. secretary of the interior (2009–2013), U.S. senator from Colorado (2005–2009) Miriam Sapiro, U.S. trade depresentative (2013), deputy U.S. trade representative (2009–2014) Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. secretary of health and human services (2009–2014), governor of Kansas (2003–2009) Thomas A. Shannon Jr., U.S. secretary of state (2017) (Republican) Hilda Solis, U.S. secretary of labor (2009–2013), U.S. representative from CA-32 (2001–2009) Lawrence Summers, director of the National Economic Council (2009–2011), president of Harvard University (2001–2006), U.S. secretary of the treasury (1999–2001) Ann Veneman, U.S. secretary of agriculture (2001–2005) (Republican) Tom Vilsack, U.S. secretary of agriculture (2009–2017, 2021–present), Governor of Iowa (1999–2007) Jack Watson, White House chief of staff (1980–1981) William H. Webster, chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (2005–2020), Director of Central Intelligence (1987–1991), director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1978–1987), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1973–1978), judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (1970–1973), U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri (1960–1961) (Republican) Christine Todd Whitman, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2001–2003) Governor of New Jersey (1994–2001) (Forward) Neal S. Wolin, U.S. deputy secretary of the treasury (2009–2013), U.S. secretary of the treasury (2013), chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board (2015–2017) Sally Yates, U.S. attorney general (2017), U.S. deputy attorney general (2015–2017), U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia (2010–2015) Janet Yellen, U.S. secretary of the treasury (2021–present), chair of the Federal Reserve (2014–2018), vice chair of the Federal Reserve (2010–2014), member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (2010–2018, 1994–1997), president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2004–2010), chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (1997–1999) Andrew Young, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (1982–1990), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1977–1979), U.S. representative from GA-05 (1973–1977)