He wants it again: US President Biden is applying for a second term

US President Joe Biden wants to run for another term in next year’s elections. The Democrat announced this on Twitter on Tuesday.

That is why he is running for re-election as President of the United States. The 80-year-old published a three-minute video clip and warned:

Biden won the 2020 presidential election over then Republican incumbent Donald Trump. Biden has been in office since January 2021 and was the oldest president ever to enter the White House. Biden will be 81 in about a year and a half’s election. He would be 86 at the end of a possible second term.

In the United States, a person can serve two terms, consecutive or not. iIn recent months, there have been internal discussions within the Democratic Party about whether Biden would be a suitable candidate for another presidential race because of his age.

His polls had also fallen to dramatic lows at times in recent months. However, Biden’s administration and his party managed to achieve some political successes afterwards and did surprisingly well in last November’s congressional elections – this strengthened Biden’s position both internally and externally.

The grandfather of seven children has been in politics for decades. He served in the Senate for over 35 years. He served as deputy to then-US President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, before rising to the highest office in the United States four years later.

At the time, his entry into the White House was overshadowed by serious political turmoil surrounding the 2020 election. To this day, Trump refuses to admit defeat to Biden.

He claims to have been robbed of victory by massive electoral fraud, but has never produced any evidence. Trump’s campaign against the election result culminated in an unprecedented outburst of violence as Republican supporters stormed the seat of the US Congress on January 6, 2021.

Trump also wants to run again in the 2024 election. The 76-year-old (born June 14, 1946) officially announced his candidacy for president last November. A broad field of participants is expected for the Republicans. In polls, Trump is far ahead of other potential candidates for his party — despite all the scandals of the past.

As an incumbent, Biden is unlikely to face serious competition from the Democrats. To actually run as his party’s official nominee, Biden must be confirmed in the party’s internal primaries.

(yam/sda/dpa)