South Carolina primary: Joe Biden projected to win – live

• Former vice-president projected to score much-needed victory
• Race called for Biden immediately as polls closed at 7pm ET
• Follow the latest results in our live South Carolina tracker

12.08am GMT

Joe Biden is likely looking at a massive margin tonight, considering the race was called right as polls closed.

This is the first race of the election cycle that has been called as soon as the vote was over. For comparison, New Hampshire, the only other primary so far, took hours to call because of Bernie Sanders’ narrow margin over Pete Buttigieg.

12.06am GMT

The Guardian’s Oliver Laughland is at Joe Biden’s party -- now a victory party -- in Columbia, South Carolina.

Huge cheer goes up as Biden immediately declared projected winner as polls close: pic.twitter.com/IoWzLxQXCc