Joe Biden will still be on the field in 2024. For the first time, the President of the United States announced his intention to run for office again during an interview with ABC News second semester in the presidential elections scheduled for next year.
An announcement, televised by the exponent of the US Democratic Party, was expected a few hours earlier by his wife Jill, who on a visit to Kenya said her husband was ready for a new term as president despite his advanced age.
Today Biden is 80 years old and that was two years ago when he was first elected oldest president in American history. The numbers don’t lie: If he were re-elected in 2024 and completed his four-year term, Biden would leave the White House at age 86.
The issue of age was openly discussed in an interview with journalist David Muir, who asked the President whether or not he had taken age into account when deciding to run again. Biden responded like this: “No. But it’s legitimate for people to ask questions about my age. That’s perfectly legitimate. And the only thing I can say is “Look at me”.
As the US political system wants, Biden wants to get the presidential nomination He must first go through the party primaries. There are currently no candidates in the Democrat camp, and the vice president’s name has been the most popular in recent weeks Kamala Harris and the Minister of Transport Pete Buttigieg.
With Biden’s decision to run again for the 2024 presidential election, that’s a lot probably no leader in the democratic world will challenge Bidenwhich nonetheless enjoys great popularity within the party.
The situation on the opposite front was completely different republican. At the moment, the official candidates are the former President donald trumpthe big favorite, and former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley.
However, the “relegation to the field” of what appears to be Trump’s most difficult challenger is also expected in the GOP: Ron DeSantisthe re-elected governor of Florida.