The White House has confirmed President Joe Biden intends to run for reelection in 2024,.
The clarification followed a recent report about the resident and his staff putting things straight about his political future.
He will be 82 by the next presidential election.
When White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked aboard Air Force One whether she could confirm if he was going to run again in 2024 and whether he was telling staff that, she responded, “Yes, that’s his intention.”
The Washington Post reported over the weekend that Biden and members of his inner circle have been telling allies that he plans to run again — an attempt to address concerns about whether he could commit to another presidential campaign given his age and ease worries Republicans returning to power.
A recent Quinnipiac University national poll showed that Biden’s job approval rating stands at 36%.
That was the lowest the President has gone so far.
And Democrats were pummeled in the November elections, adding to concerns about Democrats’ chances in the 2022 midterm elections and Biden’s vision of the future for the party.
His decision now ony reinforced what he said in March during a news conference—that he plan to run again.
“That is my expectation,” the President said, adding that he doesn’t typically plan that far in advance.
It’s not clear if he will tagging his V.P Kamala Harris along for the second term.
Biden and Harris have not been in good terms in the administration, though their respective staffs are trying to cover it up, despite it recent leak in the media.
There have even been question if Biden will endorse her in 2024 or 2028.
“I don’t have any predictions of whether she will run, when she will run. I will leave that to her,” Psaki said early November.