Biden set to claim Democratic VP mantle

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DENVER, Colorado (AFP) — After two nights of high drama and emotion here, Joseph Biden has several tough acts to follow Wednesday as he steps up to claim the Democratic nomination for US vice president.

With many both inside and outside his party still believing that the post should have gone Hillary Clinton, Biden, who has sat in the US Senate for 36 years, will have to pull out all the stops at the convention here.

Barack Obama, set Wednesday to be anointed the Democratic Party's standard bearer for the November elections, has presented Biden, 65, as the perfect attack dog to maul Republican rival John McCain on US voters' top concern: the economy.

"I think he can help shape a long term strategy to keep America more secure after the disastrous economic and...