US presidential election of 2024: towards an unprecedented campaign

2023-04-22 10:58:00

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After months of evasive answers, Joe Biden is expected to officially announce his candidacy next week, six months after Donald Trump.

From our correspondent in the United States, Claire Meynial

Joe Biden, who turns 80 today, will turn 82 15 days after the November 5, 2024 election and would be 86 at the end of his second term, making him the oldest president in the world. history of the United States.
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Published on 04/22/2023 at 10:58 am

CThis will be the least unexpected candidacy announcement – ​​with the exception, perhaps, of Donald Trump’s last November. Tuesday, April 25, exactly four years after the launch of his campaign for the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden should, through a video, officially declare that he is running for the presidential election of 2024. Sources have warned the American media (the Washington Post first) that the date was uncertain. But the fact that Joe Biden is meeting major donors on Friday reinforces the likelihood of the announcement.

In 2020, Biden hinted that he would be the one-term president. It became clear, however, over the months that he intended to run again, despite his evasive responses to reporters…