By Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson
President Joe Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race
UPDATED with endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris: Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. He also said he is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris "to be our party's nominee this year."
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” the 81-year-old incumbent said in a letter posted on social media today. “And while my intention was to be re-elected, I believe that it is in the best interests of my party and the country that I step down and focus solely on fulfilling the duties of my president for the remainder of my term," the increasingly beleaguered Biden added in words that allude to the sudden President Lyndon Johnson's departure from his own re-election campaign in 1968.
After a Saturday that saw both GOP candidate Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) campaigning, as well as Harris, the one-page correspondence from Biden, who is recovering from Covid at his Delaware home, also noted that POTUS plans to “speak to the nation in more detail about my decision later this week.
