21 jul 2024 año - Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election

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On July 21st, 2024, Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, announced his withdrawal from the 2024 United States presidential election.

Biden, a Democrat who had been elected president in 2020, stated on April 25th, 2023 that he would run for re-election in 2024 with Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate. Biden went on to win an overwhelming majority of delegates in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries, where he easily defeated challengers such as Representative Dean Phillips and became the Party's presumptive nominee.

Concerns about Biden's age and health had emerged during his presidency. These concerns increased following the June 2024 presidential debate between Biden and Republican Party candidate Donald Trump. Biden's debate performance was widely criticized; he lost his train of thought, had a faltering appearance, spoke with a hoarse voice, and failed to recall statistics or coherently express his opinion on several occasions. While he insisted that he would continue his campaign, Biden subsequently faced calls from fellow Democrats and from the editorial boards of major news outlets to withdraw from the race. By July 19th, 2024, more than 30 senior Democrats had called for his withdrawal.

Biden ended his re-election bid on July 21st, 2024, becoming the first incumbent president to end a re-election campaign before Election Day since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. After adding that he would continue serving as president until the conclusion of his term, Biden endorsed Harris for president. Harris received the Democratic presidential nomination and went on to lose the 2024 election to Trump.

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