Joe Biden has just announced that he’s endorsing Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the US 2024 presidential race, in a post on X.
“Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this,” he writes on X.
Here’s Biden’s statement on Harris in full, which he posted on X moments ago:
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.
My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President.
And it’s been the best decision I’ve made.
Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump.
Let’s do this.
More from Biden’s statement now.
He says although he’s dropping out of the presidential race, he’s not stepping down as US president and will stay in the White House for the final six months of his term.
“I believe it is in my 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,” he writes.
As a reminder, the US presidential election is on 5 November – the winner serves four years.
