Biden Faces Massive Economic, Health Crises

Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP Biden's vow to work with Republicans will be quickly tested with his new stimulus package. "Biden is inheriting among the worst crises a president has stepped into," a former top economic advisor to Obama said. Nearly 10 million fewer Americans are employed due to the pandemic and millions more are receiving unemployment benefits. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Now sworn in, President Joe Biden is inheriting a set of extraordinary crises that will test his new administration from its earliest days.