American presidents who served as vice presidents

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US President-elect Joe Biden is set to become the 15th American vice president to return to the White House as commander-in-chief and the first in 27 years, after George H.W. Bush in 1989.

Biden served two terms as vice president to President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017.

During the 2020 White House race, he defeated incumbent Republican President Donald Trump with 290 Electoral College votes, according to projections. Biden's victory makes Trump the first single-term president in nearly three decades.

Here are US vice presidents who rose to the Oval Office:

John Adams: First US vice president, served two terms under George Washington and then was elected president

Thomas Jefferson: Vice president to John Adams, then defeated Adams in the 1800 election

Martin Van Buren: Served as vice president to Andrew Jackson during his second term, then was elected president

John Tyler: Rose to presidency after William Henry Harrison died after just 31 days in office

Millard Fillmore: Rose to presidency after William Henry Harrison died after 1 year in office. Fillmore was the last US president not affiliated with the Democratic or Republican parties

Andrew Johnson: Vice president to Abraham Lincoln, he became president after Lincoln's assassination in 1865

Chester Arthur: Rose to presidency after William Henry Harrison was assassinated after seven months in office

Theodore Roosevelt: Rose to presidency after William McKinley's assassination, then was elected to full term

Calvin Coolidge: Vice president to Warren G. Harding; became president after Harding's death, then was elected to full term

Harry Truman: Vice president to Franklin D. Roosevelt; became president after Roosevelt's death in 1945, then was elected to full term

Lyndon Johnson: Vice president to John F. Kennedy, assumed the presidency following Kennedy's assassination in 1963, then was elected to full term

Richard Nixon: Two terms as vice president to Dwight Eisenhower. Following presidencies of Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, was elected twice to presidency

Gerald Ford: Appointed vice president by Richard Nixon after resignation of Spiro Agnew; became president after Nixon resigned. Ford is the only person to serve as vice president and president without being elected

George H.W. Bush: After two terms as vice president under Ronald Reagan, elected to presidency for single term