Biden drops out of 2024 US presidential race, endorses VP Kamala Harris

U.S. President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday, after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump. He endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to replace him as candidate, shortly after his initial announcement.

Biden, 81, said in a post on social media platform X that he will remain in his role as president and commander-in-chief until his term ends in January 2025 and will address the nation this week.

"It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term," Biden wrote.

Biden's announcement follows a wave of public and private pressure from Democratic lawmakers and party officials to quit the race after his shockingly poor performance in a June 27 televised debate last month against Republican rival Trump, who is 78.

Global's Reggie Cecchini has the latest.

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[Em-pvey]

Joe is gonna be really disappointed when he finds out that he resigned

[georgesimon]

Biden doesn't know there is an election.

[patrickcowan]

Just remember media like this told us how cognitive and strong joe was even though we could see with our own eyes that they were lying.

[frankd]

Believe it or not, Kamala has an even lower approval rating than Brandon.

[TheRantingCabbie]

Kamala Harris as POTUS? Seriously? She'd find a way to cackle if a Russian warship sailed up the Potomac River.

[Aitch-]

Congratulations donald, tough luck Ukraine.

[jeffthomas]

Will Justin Trudeau have the same wisdom as Biden to step down..😂😂

[Mr.BillyJoeMcAllister]

Only TV mainstream viewers would consider Kamala🤦‍♂
😅🤣😂😆

[chongisTiberius]

It must feel like the sky is falling right now if you're a Democrat.

[Yuri-zy]

Tomorrow he will not remember that. Lol

[ArabicReja]

It's shocking but true
that no woman has ever made it even to the 7-member Chinese Standing Committee since its creation 70 years ago.

[bjorn____]

Now if only a certain leader in this country would do the same

[SaHlGood]

There is no way absolutely no way she’s gonna win

[AnthonyLombardo-cool]

Please, Please, Kamala Debate Trump at least once. This will be better than the last one!

[commanderiosifstalin]

As long as Ukraine returns to Russia, I don't care who the US president is. Tell Zelensky his sugar daddy has quit, so he is now a dead man walking, unless he flees the country or surrenders to Russian terms and conditions.

[shawnb]

This is like a terrible woman's network movie

[cleomenes]

Kamala could smoke some weed and go back in time again, this time instead of listening to an unreleased Tupac album she could warn Biden about the debate! Come on Kamala!

[wqvln]

So did Joe hear the Almighy speak ?
Psalm 75 : 7 But God is the Judge : He puts down one, and exalts another

[jrollio]

Democrat's error is that they are backing yet again another lawyer. They need to back a used car sales person to go up against Trump.

Lawyers are good in controlled debates, and there is no way these upcomming debates will be controlled. 😂

[noscamaross]

Good now the White House can issue an apology to all the reporters that were asking about his health and ability to lead.