Joe Biden, 80 not out, aims to win and finish second term at 86
Americans face the “exhausting” prospect of a Biden v Trump rematch in the 2024 US Presidential election after the incumbent President, 80, formally launched his bid for a second term. Vice-President Kamala Harris, 58, will again be his running mate.
On the Republican side, Donald Trump, 76, remains the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, with polls showing him well ahead of other potential challengers like Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
The combined age of the presidential candidates (156 years; 158 by Election Day) will be the highest of any two contestants in US Presidential history, and arguably in world electoral history, a geriatric milestone in a country whose median age is 38.
In a three-minute campaign video he released on Tuesday, Biden urged voters to let him “finish this job” warning that MAGA extremists threaten the freedoms he was fighting to preserve.
“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are…That’s why I’m running for re-election,” he said.
Americans are far from enthused about the rematch. A recent Yahoo/YouGov poll showed 38 percent of respondents saying they felt “exhaustion” at the idea. Another 23 percent expressed “sadness and fear.”
On the Republican side, Donald Trump, 76, remains the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, with polls showing him well ahead of other potential challengers like Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
The combined age of the presidential candidates (156 years; 158 by Election Day) will be the highest of any two contestants in US Presidential history, and arguably in world electoral history, a geriatric milestone in a country whose median age is 38.
In a three-minute campaign video he released on Tuesday, Biden urged voters to let him “finish this job” warning that MAGA extremists threaten the freedoms he was fighting to preserve.
“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are…That’s why I’m running for re-election,” he said.
Americans are far from enthused about the rematch. A recent Yahoo/YouGov poll showed 38 percent of respondents saying they felt “exhaustion” at the idea. Another 23 percent expressed “sadness and fear.”
On the Republican side, Donald Trump, 76, remains the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, with polls showing him well ahead of other potential challengers like Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
The combined age of the presidential candidates (156 years; 158 by Election Day) will be the highest of any two contestants in US Presidential history, and arguably in world electoral history, a geriatric milestone in a country whose median age is 38.
In a three-minute campaign video he released on Tuesday, Biden urged voters to let him “finish this job” warning that MAGA extremists threaten the freedoms he was fighting to preserve.
“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are…That’s why I’m running for re-election,” he said.
Americans are far from enthused about the rematch. A recent Yahoo/YouGov poll showed 38 percent of respondents saying they felt “exhaustion” at the idea. Another 23 percent expressed “sadness and fear.”
