Joe Biden has a new wave of confidence after winning the South Carolina primary election Saturday, claiming he ‘can hardly wait’ to debate Donald Trump.

‘It’s a big boost,’ Biden told Fox News Sunday of his first primary contest win. ‘I think it starts the real comeback and we picked up a lot of delegates.’

Biden took a commanding jump in the primary contest after walking away from the South Carolina election with 33 more delegates after earning nearly 50 per cent of the vote in the first southern state to vote in the primary election.

‘We have a long, long way to go. This is a marathon,’ Biden conceded.

The win comes as the former vice president’s campaign was facing trouble after he came in fourth place in the Iowa caucuses, fifth place in the New Hampshire primary and second place in the Nevada caucuses.

Joe Biden said Sunday that he's looking forward to debating Donald Trump in the general election campaign later this year

Joe Biden said Sunday that he’s looking forward to debating Donald Trump in the general election campaign later this year

'I can hardly wait to debate him on stage,' Biden told Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace. 'I want people to see me standing next to him, and him standing next to me. We'll see who's sleepy'

'I can hardly wait to debate him on stage,' Biden told Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace. 'I want people to see me standing next to him, and him standing next to me. We'll see who's sleepy'

‘I can hardly wait to debate him on stage,’ Biden told Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace. ‘I want people to see me standing next to him, and him standing next to me. We’ll see who’s sleepy’

Biden took a huge win in South Carolina, and Bernie Sanders came in a distant second place with 30 per cent less than the former vice president

Biden took a huge win in South Carolina, and Bernie Sanders came in a distant second place with 30 per cent less than the former vice president

Biden took a huge win in South Carolina, and Bernie Sanders came in a distant second place with 30 per cent less than the former vice president

Before South Carolina, Biden only held 11 delegates, and was in third place in total delegates behind frontrunner Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Biden has now jumped to second place in the total amount of delegates, holding 44 to Sanders’ 54.

Buttigieg dropped to a distant third after the first two primary contest states, where he performed surprisingly well, earning first place in Iowa and second in New Hampshire.

Biden’s campaign insisted throughout losses in the first three early primary contests that the candidate was holding out for South Carolina, where it said he would fare better because of his popularity among the black community.

One-third of the Democratic primary electorate in South Carolina is black, and the former vice president has historically polled best of the seven candidates still in the running among that voting bloc.

This was evident in the primary contest in the Palmetto State after the closest candidate to Biden was Sanders’, who earned nearly 30 percentage points less with 20 per cent.

With the commanding lead, Biden has new confidence in the race, and says he can’t wait to take on Trump in November.

The former vice president responded to the comments Trump made about him at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, where the president claimed if Biden were to win the presidency he would just have ‘people run it for him.’

‘Is that the stable genius saying that?’ Biden laughed to Fox News’ Chris Wallace when asked to respond to the remarks.

Donald Trump went after Biden during his CPAC remarks Saturday, claiming if he were to become president he would just sit in a 'home' and let other people run the country for him

Donald Trump went after Biden during his CPAC remarks Saturday, claiming if he were to become president he would just sit in a 'home' and let other people run the country for him

Donald Trump went after Biden during his CPAC remarks Saturday, claiming if he were to become president he would just sit in a ‘home’ and let other people run the country for him

'Is that the stable genius saying that?' Biden said in response to hearing the comment played back

'Is that the stable genius saying that?' Biden said in response to hearing the comment played back

‘Is that the stable genius saying that?’ Biden said in response to hearing the comment played back 

Give me a break, God love him,’ Biden said of Trump. ‘I’m going to resist saying what I feel like saying.’

Wallace urged Biden to go on.

‘No, I’m not going to do it. I’m not going to try to, you know, assign names and insults to the stable genius,’ Biden continues, using a name Trump used for himself in the past. ‘This is a guy who doesn’t know what he’s doing.’

‘I can hardly wait to debate him on stage,’ Biden said, referencing the time when the general election season comes around and the Republican and Democrat nominee will spar in a one-on-one debate.

‘I want people to see me standing next to him, and him standing next to me,’ Biden chuckled. ‘We’ll see who’s sleepy.’

Trump often refers to the former vice president as ‘Sleepy Joe Biden,’ referencing what he says is the candidate’s low energy on the campaign trail.

Billionaire Tom Steyer dropped out of the race on Saturday after failing to perform well in any of the first four early primary contest states.

The next and largest primary contest comes this week as candidates spread across the country for Super Tuesday, where 14 different states will vote simultaneously for the candidate they want to take on Trump in November.

Super Tuesday includes primaries in delegate-rich giants California and Texas.

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