U.S. President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign on Sunday (July 21) after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump.
Biden, 81, in a post on X, said he will remain in his role as president and commander-in-chief until his term ends in January 2025 and will address the nation this week.
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00:00Just days before US President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential campaign, he was last
00:08seen on Wednesday night arriving in Delaware after concluding a trip due to a Covid diagnosis.
00:14Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris was last seen on Friday in an outing with her
00:20young nieces. 81-year-old Biden flashed a thumbs up to the media on Wednesday, shortly
00:26before he boarded Air Force One in Las Vegas, bound for Delaware.
00:31White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the positive test for the 81-year-old
00:36Democrat after the president of Unidos US, a Latino civil rights organization, said Biden
00:43would not be able to speak at a scheduled event due to the diagnosis.
00:48The White House said at the time that Biden planned to spend a long weekend at his Delaware
00:52beach house. However, Biden, in a post on X, said he will remain in his role as president
00:58and commander-in-chief until his term ends in January 2025, and will address the nation
01:05this week.
01:07On Friday, Harris treated her nieces to ice cream at the opening of model Tyra Banks'
01:12new pop-up shop in Washington, D.C. Harris and her nieces were one of the location's
01:18first visitors. Harris did not take questions from reporters during the outing.