Hillary Clinton to host virtual fundraiser for Biden campaign with highest ticket priced at $100,000 per head

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Hillary Clinton has committed to boosting former Vice President Joe Biden‘s campaign by appearing in a virtual fundraiser with the highest ticket price at $100,000 per head.

The former Democratic Party presidential nominee announced her support for the vice president last month after he became the party’s presumptive candidate for the 2020 election.

Now she has agreed to host a virtual Zoom meeting to raise money for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and Mr Biden’s campaign against President Donald Trump.

According to an invitation obtained by Politico, people can purchase tickets for the “virtual conversation” in prices ranging from $2,800 to $100,000.

The $2,800 ticket price has limited availability, while other tickets to purchase are available at $5,600, $15,600, $41,100, $50,000, and $100,000. The invitation did not detail if the higher ticket prices would entail more during the virtual conversation than others.

The event will take place on 19 May and will be joined with DNC chair Tom Perez.

Adding virtual fundraisers to the Biden campaign has been the latest way the presidential candidate to raise money amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Another virtual fundraiser scheduled for the Biden Victory Fund will take place this week and be headlined by California Governor Gavin Newsom and 2008 Obama campaign manager David Plouffe.

Biden’s campaign and the DNC formalised a joint agreement last month that would allow him more sway in the committee’s joint fundraising activities. From the agreement, individual donors could donate up to $360,600, with $5,600 going directly towards Biden's campaign and the rest going to the DNC.

Ms Clinton endorsed the vice president last month after Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders dropped out.

“I am thrilled to be part of your campaign - to not only endorse you but to help highlight a lot of the issues that are at stake in this presidential election," she said at the time.

Her endorsement continued with Mrs Clinton attacking her former Republican opponent in the 2016 race.

“Just think of what a difference it would make right now if we had a president who not only listened to the science, put facts over fiction, but brought us together, showed the kind of compassion and caring that we need from our president, and which Joe Biden has been exemplifying throughout his entire life,” she said.

“Think about what a difference it would make if we had a real president, not just one who played one on TV."

Mr Biden has struggled with raising enough funding in recent months to compete against the Trump campaign. His fundraising partnership with the DNC, plus assistance from powerful names like Mrs Clinton, could work to boost the vice president.