https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/obama-endorses-biden/index.html Obama to endorse Biden for president today (CNN)Former President Barack Obama will endorse Joe Biden on Tuesday, a source familiar with the plans tells CNN. Obama will make the endorsement of his former vice president in a video message, offering why he believes Biden is the candidate needed at this moment of crisis in America, a person close to the former president says. The endorsement reunites the former running mates and positions Obama, whose endorsement of Biden was seen as a forgone conclusion once Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race last week, to be one of Biden's most powerful surrogates in the race against President Donald Trump.