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| Biden reveals how Trump & fate may affect his 2024 plans | Biden reveals how Trump & fate may affect his 2024 plans |
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| US President Joe Biden has revealed that, although he intends to run for re-election in 2024, his health and whether former President Donald Trump decides to run are major factors that will decide the fate of his campaign. | |
| After being asked by ABC News on Thursday whether he plans to run for re-election, Biden said, “Yes, but look, I’m a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I’m in the health I’m in now, if I’m in good health, then in fact I would run again.” | After being asked by ABC News on Thursday whether he plans to run for re-election, Biden said, “Yes, but look, I’m a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I’m in the health I’m in now, if I’m in good health, then in fact I would run again.” |
| Asked if he would still run if that meant “a rematch against Donald Trump” – who Biden defeated in 2020 – the president responded, “You’re trying to tempt me now.” | Asked if he would still run if that meant “a rematch against Donald Trump” – who Biden defeated in 2020 – the president responded, “You’re trying to tempt me now.” |
| Biden, who is the oldest serving president at 79, has previously committed to running for re-election. Biden will be 82 at the next election in 2024. | |
| “The answer is yes, my plan is to run for re-election… That is my expectation,” he told reporters in March. | “The answer is yes, my plan is to run for re-election… That is my expectation,” he told reporters in March. |
| However, a majority of Democrats believe the party would have a better chance in 2024 if Biden did not run for re-election, with Vice President Kamala Harris and former first lady Michelle Obama at the top of the list in polls as alternative candidates. |