US President Joe Biden announced on July 21 that he was withdrawing from the presidential race. The news about it was announced on its official website.
“Being your president has been the greatest honor of my life. “While I intend to run for re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and my country to withdraw my candidacy and focus solely on fulfilling my duties for the remainder of my term as president,” the 81-year-old. old Biden said to the Americans.
Biden became the first president since Lyndon Johnson to announce he would not seek a second term.
Earlier, a number of publications in America reported that Joe Biden is expected to officially announce his withdrawal from the race on July 20-21.
Now the Democratic Party will have to nominate a new candidate for the November election. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to be nominated.