Was Biden Under Pressure After Debate Debacle With Trump

Washington:  President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election.

The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate , in which the 81-year-old president trailed off, often gave nonsensical answers and failed to call out the former president’s many falsehoods .

Biden plans to serve out the remainder of his term in office, which ends at noon on Jan. 20, 2025.

“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," Biden wrote in a letter posted to his X account.

President Joe Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to serve as the new Democratic presidential nominee.“My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” he wrote on X/Twitter, shortly after he announced he was withdrawing from the race.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's running mate, JD Vance, on Friday took a shot at US President Joe Biden, asking how he can remain in office if he doesn't have the "cognitive function" to run for re-election.

Taking to X, the Ohio Senator asked, "If Joe Biden doesn't have the cognitive function to run for re-election, then he certainly doesn't have the cognitive function to remain as Commander-In-Chief. How can any Dem pushing him to drop out of the presidential race, argue in good faith that he should stay on as POTUS?"

The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election, set to be held later this year.

(With inputs from Agencies)