Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire: Report

Stephen Breyer is the oldest justice on the court and was nominated to the bench in 1994 by Democratic former president Bill Clinton.

Stephen Breyer, one of three liberal justices on the US Supreme Court, plans to retire, paving the way for Joe Biden to name a replacement on the nation's highest court, media reported Wednesday.

Breyer, 83, plans to step down at the end of the current term, which ends in June, the NBC and CNN television networks reported.

The Supreme Court is currently split between six conservatives and three liberals. Nominees to its bench need the approval of the Senate, which is currently controlled by Biden's Democratic Party.

Biden has pledged to nominate a Black woman to the court in the event of a vacancy.