Former President Bill Clinton will play a role in the September Democratic Convention according to David Axelrod, President Obama's senior Campaign adviser, he informally announced the decision in an interview with the New York Times.

The formal announcment of the news will be made sometime today.

Axelrod said in the interview, “There isn’t anybody on the planet who has a greater perspective on not just the last four years, but the last two decades, than Bill Clinton. He can really articulate the choice that is before people.”

It is expected that Clinton will deliver the primetime speech and officially announce Obama’s nomination in September.

It is also expected that Vice President Joe Biden will appear at the convention on the last night, just before the President’s convention speech.

Clinton has already been playing a very active role in Obama’s re-election campaign. He has made appearances at numerous fundraisers, the most recent in Virginia.