Breaking: President Biden Will Not Run, VP Harris Will Run For President

President Joe Biden isn’t running for a second term as president.

The unprecedented announcement came as an increasing number of Democrat lawmakers have been clamoring, publicly calling for Biden to step aside since a disastrous debate performance after weeks of preparation.

Since them, the party’s leadership reportedly has been engaged in efforts to convince Biden, 81, he could not win in November’s general election against former President Trump, the 2024 GOP nominee who Biden defeated four years ago to win the White House.

The President announced Sunday that he will end his presidential re-election campaign, and he backed Vice President Kamala Harris to take on former President Trump for the presidency in November.

The announcement brings a jarring, but also a humbling end to a three-week roller coaster of supporters, politicians, aides, and friends, in convincing the President that he just could not continue to run as the Democratic candidate, according to Fox News.

It also to brings to a conclusion Joe Biden’s half-century-long political career and scrambling the race for the White House just four months before Election Day.

Biden, 81, could not reverse growing concerns within his party that he was too frail to serve and destined to lose to Donald Trump in November.

He is backing Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic nominee

“While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden wrote in a letter posted on X. “I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision.”

Biden thanked Harris for “being an extraordinary partner” in his letter and then endorsed her in a subsequent post.

“My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President,” Biden posted. “And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year.”