<p class="bodytext">US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year," the publication announced Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Democratic pair was chosen ahead of three other finalists: frontline health care workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump who Biden defeated in November's election.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Time's magazine cover has a picture of Biden, 78, and Harris, 56, with the subtitle "Changing America's story."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Biden beat Trump by 306 electoral college votes to Trump's 232 to end the real estate tycoon turned politician's presidency after one term.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Biden received roughly seven million more votes than his Republican adversary, who is yet to concede, claiming widespread fraud of which there is no evidence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Time magazine's award -- handed out annually since 1927 -- honors the person or people who most impacted the news, for better or worse, during the calendar year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier Thursday, Time named basketball superstar LeBron James Athlete of the Year for his achievements on and off the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 35-year-old Los Angeles Lakers player was honored for battling voter suppression among Black citizens in a year when he won his fourth NBA title.</p>.<p class="bodytext">K-Pop sensation BTS was named Entertainer of the Year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg was Time's Person of the Year last year, while Trump won in 2016.</p>
<p class="bodytext">US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year," the publication announced Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Democratic pair was chosen ahead of three other finalists: frontline health care workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump who Biden defeated in November's election.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Time's magazine cover has a picture of Biden, 78, and Harris, 56, with the subtitle "Changing America's story."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Biden beat Trump by 306 electoral college votes to Trump's 232 to end the real estate tycoon turned politician's presidency after one term.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Biden received roughly seven million more votes than his Republican adversary, who is yet to concede, claiming widespread fraud of which there is no evidence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Time magazine's award -- handed out annually since 1927 -- honors the person or people who most impacted the news, for better or worse, during the calendar year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier Thursday, Time named basketball superstar LeBron James Athlete of the Year for his achievements on and off the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 35-year-old Los Angeles Lakers player was honored for battling voter suppression among Black citizens in a year when he won his fourth NBA title.</p>.<p class="bodytext">K-Pop sensation BTS was named Entertainer of the Year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg was Time's Person of the Year last year, while Trump won in 2016.</p>