Polls have opened across the US after a long and bitter campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Americans are voting in one of the most divisive presidential polls in decades.

The elections have Democrat Joe Biden vying to take over the White House from incumbent Republican Donald Trump.

Biden is however not new to the White House. He served as vice President to Barack Obama for eight years before the Trump presidency.

More than 100 million people have already cast their ballots in what is a record breaking early voting, something that has also put the country on course for its highest turnout in a century.

The stakes are high and many Americans know it including social influencers and celebrities, many of whom are vocal about the choice before them this time.

In the US, voters decide state-level contests rather than an overall, single, national one.