Former Vice President Joe Biden jumped into the 2020 campaign Thursday, as a new poll showed him leading President Donald Trump in a general election matchup.

Biden made his announcement official Thursday morning, a day after a Morning Consult/Politico poll found the Democrat leading Trump by eight percentage points. The same survey showed Biden ahead of his fellow Democrats seeking the nomination. The latest RealClearPolitics average of polls on the Democratic nomination also puts the former vice president in first place, ahead of Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and others. Morning Consult noted Biden’s standing in polling was hardly dented by allegations of inappropriate interactions with women that dogged him in recent weeks.