How Joe Biden Chickened Out of US Presidential Race

The United States presidential race 2024 has recorded a major shocker with incumbent President Joe Biden chickening out of the race.

This has forced his party, Democratic Party, into a last minute desperate bid to pick a new runner for the most exalted political office in the world.

He was to write and post a letter on his social media yesterday saying:

“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.”

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He also gone ahead to endorse his vice president, Kamala D. Harris, to continue where he stopped.

“Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” Biden said in a post shared on X. “Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.”

Apparently going ahead of critics, Joe Biden said he believed his decision was the best for his country.

The abrupt Sunday announcement shocked not only Americans, but many outside the US who had been warning up to a match-up between Biden and Donald Trump.

Before now, Biden, appeared to have recorded some slips in public appearances both physically and in his speech, making some to make references to his age, he is 81.

These are in spite of assertions by the politician that he was the right material to defeat his competitor, Donald Trump,

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“I convinced myself of two things. I’m the most qualified person to beat him, and I know how to get things done,” Biden had been reported as telling ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos in his first post-debate television interview.

“Look. I mean, if the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get outta the race,’ I’d get outta the race. The Lord Almighty’s not comin’ down,” Biden said at the time.