'What Lies Ahead...': Joe Biden To Address America Amid Health Concerns

Rehoboth Beach (Delaware):  Amid rising concerns about his health due to COVID-19, President Joe Biden is set to address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday to announce his decision to withdraw from the 2024 Democratic presidential race. Taking to X, Biden announced, he would speak “on what lies ahead” and how he will “finish the job for the American people.” He will speak at 8 p.m. ET. (5:30 AM).  The president is scheduled to return to the White House on Tuesday after isolating at his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home after being diagnosed last week with COVID-19.

Biden, who has been absent from the public eye since July 17, participated in a campaign meeting by phone on Monday, where he voiced his support for Vice President Kamala Harris as his preferred successor. 

Biden Bows Out of 2024 Race

Earlier this week, President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House, ending his bid for reelection after a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about the incumbent’s fitness for office. The unprecedented announcement, delivered less than four months before the election, immediately upended a campaign that both political parties view as the most consequential in generations.

The president — intent on serving out the remainder of his term in office — quickly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Trump and encouraged his party to unite behind her, making her the party’s instant favorite for the nomination at its August convention in Chicago.

The announcement was the latest jolt to a tumultuous campaign for the White House, coming a week after the attempted assassination of Trump at a Pennsylvania rally.

A party’s presumptive presidential nominee has never stepped out of the race so close to the election. President Lyndon Johnson, besieged by the Vietnam War, announced in March 1968 that he would not seek another term after just a single state’s primary. Biden’s July decision comes after more than 14 million Democrats cast votes supporting him through the primary process.