Joe Biden says he plans to run again in 2024

Joe Biden announced Thursday that he plans to run for the 2024 US presidential election, having so far avoided giving such a straightforward answer, adding that Vice President Kamala Harris would again be his running mate in this event. “The answer is yes, I plan to run for re-election. That’s what I expect,” the 78-year-old US president said at his first White House press conference.

He qualified his answer by affirming to respect “the destiny”: “I do not know where you come from (…) but I have a great respect for the destiny. I could never plan with certainty four years and a half, three and a half years early. ”

Does he think of representing himself against Donald Trump? “Oh, really. I don’t even think about it, I have no idea. I have no idea who will represent the Republican Party, (…) and you?”, He said .

Kamala Harris, as running mate

To a reporter who asked him if he would choose Kamala Harris, first female vice president in US history, as running mate again, Joe Biden replied: “I absolutely expect that to be the case. . She’s doing a great job. She’s a great partner. ”

The 56-year-old former senator and former prosecutor Kamala Harris is among the candidates already approached for the presidential election of November 2024. She had run for the Democratic primary in 2019 but threw in the towel before the first votes began. 2020.