Joe Biden raised $15.2 million during the past three full months of his presidential bid, less than his rivals Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg and $7 million less than his own campaign raised during the previous fundraising quarter.

Biden released the total during a difficult moment for his campaign. He is under a barrage of attacks by President Donald Trump over his son Hunter Biden’s dealings with Ukraine while Biden oversaw U.S. policy toward the country. And he has seen his status in the polls slip as Elizabeth Warren slowly gains status as the new potential front-runner in the Democratic primary race.


The former vice president announced the figures during a high-dollar fundraiser in California’s Silicon Valley on Thursday. He emphasized that he had raised the $15.2 million “in the middle of summer,” a time when wealthy donors often head out of town on vacation and are disinclined to write checks to campaigns.