Joe Biden’s election victory officially confirmed with 270 electoral college votes

Joe Biden has cleared the 270 electoral vote mark to formalise his presidential victory with California’s 55 votes taking him over the threshold needed to win the race for the White House.

The voting milestone came late on Monday local time when California’s electors affirmed Mr Biden’s massive 5-million-vote win in the state last month.

Mr Biden is expected to lead President Donald Trump with 306 votes to 232 once the process is complete.

The president-elect will give a speech once all the states have finished voting, when he is set to declare that “not even … an abuse of power” can stop a peaceful transition.

The electoral college vote is normally a procedural step in the presidential election, but its importance was heightened this…