Over the past week there has been heavy speculation that President Biden would step down from running for reelection. Over the weekend, on July 21 2024, Biden put out a statement confirming that he is ending his run for reelection.
President Biden entered the political world in 1970, joining the New Castle City Council. In 1973, he became a senator in Delaware. He stayed in this position until 2009, when he became Vice President for Barack Obama. Once this role ended in 2017, Biden took a slight break from politics, publishing a memoir about his life. He took time to be with his family as he was mourning the loss of his son Beau, who passed in 2015.
While Trump was in office, Biden was open about his distaste for Trump’s decisions and overall nature as a person. This sparked Biden’s run for office in 2020. In November 2020, with the entire world watching, Biden won, becoming the 46th president.
Biden is currently 81 years old, the oldest president the United States has ever had. This is suspected to have a huge impact on his end of running for reelection. In the statement he put out over the weekend, Biden did not specifically address his reasons for why he made this decision.
Many people, both Republican, Democrat, and Independent, have been urging Biden to step down as they don’t think he is fit for another four years in office. With Biden getting older, cognitively, he seems different and ‘less there.’ It was urged that he pass this position of presidency onto someone else more fitting who could be there fully for their duty as president.
Shortly after Biden announced that he was stepping out of the race, Kamala Harris, the current Vice President, announced her campaign for the 2024 Presidential Election. Harris has had an incredible amount of support and donations within the last 24 hours of this announcement.
With these final few months of Biden’s presidency he is choosing to solely focus on finishing out strong. Harris will continue her campaign, being endorsed by Biden himself.
