In a major political development and electoral strategy, US President Joe Biden has withdrawn from his presidential re-election race and endorsed vice-president Kamala Harris to take his place at the top of their party’s ticket.
The extraordinary decision upends American politics and plunges the Democratic nomination into uncertainty just months before the November election against Donald Trump – a candidate Biden has warned is an existential threat to US democracy. Biden said he planned to speak to the nation in more detail later this week
Harris said she would run for president, and she was “honored” by Bidens’s decision to endorse her. “I am honored to have the president’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Harris said. “I will do everything in my capacity to unite the Democratic party – and unite our nation – to defeat Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.”
