(Washington) US President Joe Biden, who will turn 80 in November, said on Friday that he “intends” to run for another term in 2024, but has not yet taken the formal decision.
Posted at 8:35 p.m.
Asked about this on the MSNBC channel, the Democrat said that if he did not decide immediately, it was because as soon as the announcement was made, “a whole series of rules were set in motion” and ” I will have to behave like a candidate”.
“I haven’t formally made the decision yet, but that’s my intention. My intention (is) to run again and we have time to make that decision,” he said.
Asked if his wife, Jill Biden, was in favor of him getting into the race again, he implied that she was.
“My wife thinks we’re doing something very important and I shouldn’t walk away from it,” he said after pausing.
Mr. Biden had already indicated his “intention” to run again in September, while remaining evasive.
The oldest president ever elected in the United States, Joe Biden will celebrate his 80th birthday on November 20. He would be 82 at the start of a possible second term, and 86 at the end.
His age regularly fuels speculation about the reality of a new candidacy.
Mr. Biden and his party are preparing to pass the test of midterm parliamentary elections on November 8, traditionally difficult for the incumbent president.
Among the Republican candidates for this election, several are campaigning by continuing to hammer home – falsely – that the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden was “stolen” from his predecessor Donald Trump. The latter flirts more and more openly with the idea of representing himself in 2024.