On Sunday, July 21, 2024, President Joe Biden, aged 81, announced he will no longer seek reelection to a second term. Instead he will endorse his Vice President, Kamala Harris. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president.
President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him on Sunday.
Source: CNN.com
There are 28 days to the Democratic National Convention and 106 days to the election. Some have suggested the the DNC will be open, while Harris has vowed to “earn and win” this nomination.
It’s been 56 years since a president droped out of their reelection race. Lyndon B. Johnson dropped out of his reelection race after low numbers in the first primary in New Hampshire, on March 12, 1968; Joe Biden was 25 years old and would graduate Syracuse University Law school that year.
UPDATE 8/6/2024
Kamala Harris has chosen Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, as her running mate.
