The president of the United States, Joe Biden, said this Monday that “very soon” he will formally announce his candidacy for the 2024 elections, at a time when the North American press anticipates that he will do so on Tuesday.
“I already said that I plan to run. I will let you know very soon,” Biden said, when questioned by journalists at the White House.
Biden is expected to officially announce his re-election bid on Tuesday, according to local media citing sources with knowledge of the US leader’s plans.
The format chosen to make the announcement will be a video and the release date -April 25- will be the same one that Biden chose four years ago to announce that he would run for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2020 presidential election.
Questioned by the Spanish news agency EFE, the National Democratic Committee, the party’s executive body, refused to confirm whether Biden will launch his candidacy this Tuesday.
The Democrat, who at 80 is the longest-serving president in the history of the United States, has been saying for months that he intends to run for re-election.
When he visited Ireland on April 14, Biden had already said the announcement would come “relatively soon” when questioned by reporters.
And a few days earlier, on April 10, Joe Biden had already told an NBC television reporter that he planned to run in the election, but was not yet ready to officially announce it.
In 2024 Biden will be able to face former US President Donald Trump again, whom he already defeated in 2020.
Trump has already announced his intention to run for the Republican nomination in that party’s primary, despite being embroiled in various legal troubles and having been indicted in a criminal case in New York.
In addition to Trump, there are already five other candidates on the Republican side: former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, conservative radio host Larry Elder and businessman Perry Johnson.
Other conservative politicians have also hinted that they are interested in running, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or former Trump Vice President Mike Pence, though neither have so far taken that step.
On the Democratic side, Biden does not appear to face much opposition, as the party’s top personalities have ruled out running and he only faces competition from low profile figures.
Specifically, only two party figures have declared their intention to run for the Democratic candidacy: the environmental and anti-vaccination lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, nephew of former President John F. Kennedy (1961-1963); and self-help author Marianne Williamson.
The Democratic National Committee fully supports Biden and has already said it does not plan to host primary debates.
Source: TSF
