WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden has decided to build his presidential library in Delaware and tapped a group of former aides, friends and political allies to begin the heavy lift of fundraising and finding a site for the museum and archive.

The Joe and Jill Biden Foundation last week approved a 13-person governance board charged with steering the project. The board includes former Secretary of State Antony Blinken , longtime adviser Steve Ricchetti , prolific Democratic fundraiser Rufus Gifford and others with deep ties to the one-term president and his wife.

Biden's library team has the daunting task of raising money for the 46th president's legacy project at a time when his party is fragmented about the way ahead and many big Democratic donors stopped writing checks .

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