According to The Hill, Joe Biden told his close friend, Barack Obama, that he would run for re-election in 2024.
The site cited two unnamed sources. Biden "wants to run and obviously tell everyone," according to one source.
It's not clear when Biden informed Obama of his plans.
- On the other hand
- Obama visited the White House earlier this month to commemorate
- the Affordable Care Act.
- Change the world one small action at a time
When Obama introduced his guest, he referred to him as "Vice President Biden."
"That was a joke," he said, laughing.
From 2009 until 2017
- Biden served as Obama's vice president.
- He defeated Donald Trump in his third presidential bid in
- 2020 (after unsuccessful attempts in 1988 and 2008).
Biden became the oldest president in history when he was sworn in at the age of 78. He would have turned 82 at the start of his second term if he had won again.
Biden's approval ratings fell amid a large number of crises
from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the coronavirus and rising inflation at home. Republicans are expected to win back Congress in November, according to most experts. However, the President has made numerous indications that he intends to run again.
Biden and his advisers have reportedly told allies that he plans to run again in September. Biden announced in December that if he remained healthy, he would run for president. He also stated that his deputy, Kamala Harris, would be on the ticket again.
Biden noted in a December interview with ABC News that once again Trump's candidacy would
"increase the likelihood of running."
In March
- Biden reminded Trump again in Brussels
- saying, "In the next election
- I will be very lucky if this same man runs against me."
Trump, 75, is preparing to run for president for the third time.
According to one Hill source
- Biden thinks he's the only one who can beat Trump
- he thinks he's the only one who can beat Trump.
- don't think he thinks there's anyone in
- the Democratic Party who can beat Trump and that's the biggest factor. "
Biden stormed to victory in the Democratic primary in 2020
soaking up a wave of support from black voters and a growing perception that he was the party's best chance of defeating Trump.
Obama reportedly underestimated Biden's ability to win the 2020 election, according to books and campaign reports.
"Obama was afraid of [Biden's] prospects,"
wrote Edward Isaac Duffery, author of Battle for Soul:
Within Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump.
He questioned Biden's ability to be a disciplined candidate. "
Duffery reportedly claimed that Obama questioned Biden's stamina for the election, questioned whether he possessed the necessary "bravado" of an American president, and was concerned that his vice president had a "problem... crowd contact ".
According to Duffery
Obama "undervalued Biden's political ability because they had different approaches."
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