US President Joe Biden has announced he is withdrawing as the Democratic candidate from the 2024 election.
US President Joe Biden has announced he is withdrawing as the Democratic candidate for the 2024 US presidential election.Bloomberg
Biden secured enough delegates in mid-March, clinching the Democratic nomination in a much shorter and less dramatic process than the one he followed in 2020, largely because he was the incumbent and despite persistent concerns about his age. But a nightmare performance in the first presidential debate in late June saw growing defections in his ranks, with the Democratic caucus splitting on whether he should step aside.
The president embarked on a number of campaign rallies and conducted a prime-time television interview in which he fought off suggestions he was too old for the job. But a rare, high-stakes, solo press conference at the conclusion of the NATO summit in Washington did little to convince his doubters he still had the mental and physical ability to win the election.
While it was not a repeat of the train wreck of a performance from his first debate, over an hour Biden gave a series of shaky answers and among several gaffes referred to Kamala Harris as “vice president Trump”.
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