Michael Clifford: Who knew Joe Biden would be a radical president

President Joe Biden announcing this week that the USA was going to push for pharmaceutical companies to share coronavirus vaccine patents. Now that's radical and it has caused ripples of discomfort in Brussels. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Not so long ago, he was the guy who wasn’t Donald Trump. 

Joe Biden’s bid for the US presidency was, to a large extent, based on that premise.