Former Vice President Joe Biden will accept the Democratic nomination for president over a live video stream. | Charles Krupa/AP

“This is a very serious time”: The coronavirus has reshaped the Democratic National Convention.

For the first time in modern United States history, there will be no screaming throngs of delegates cheering at the Democratic National Convention as the party’s nominees for president and vice president give their acceptance speeches. No red, white, and blue balloons and confetti will drop from the ceiling of the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Instead, former Vice President Joe Biden will accept the Democratic nomination for president over a live video stream from his home in Delaware — the place he’s spent the vast majority of his time campaigning virtually during a general election dramatically reshaped by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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