U.S. President Joe Biden stated on Thursday he plans to run for re-election in 2024. Biden, 78, is the oldest individual to take workplace as president in U.S. historical past and there was hypothesis that he would serve just one four-year time period.
“My plan is to run for re-election. That’s my expectation,” Biden instructed reporters on the White House. Biden then went on to supply a little bit of a hedge. Asked once more concerning the problem, he stated: “I’ve never been able to plan four-and-a-half, three-and-a-half years ahead for certain.”Bide additionally stated he absolutely anticipated that Vice President Kamala Harris would stay on the ticket with him. “She’s doing a great job. She’s a great partner,” he stated.
It is uncommon to give attention to working for re-election so early in a presidential time period, however Biden’s age and the chance that his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, could run once more, have created early hypothesis concerning the 2024 presidential subject. Biden had beforehand described himself as a transition determine. But had he stated on Thursday that he didn’t plan to run once more, it might have instantly made him right into a sort of political lame duck on the very starting of his presidency.
Trump took steps to start out his personal re-election marketing campaign early on in 2017 shortly after taking workplace. He has not stated whether or not he plans to run once more in 2024, preferring to maintain fellow Republicans – a few of whom are getting ready to run themselves – guessing. Biden stated he had no thought if Trump can be his opponent within the subsequent election.
“Oh come on,” he stated when requested about that, questioning what the Republican Party would even appear like within the coming years. Trump disputed the outcomes of the November election and skipped Biden’s inauguration.
