Biden acknowledged the difficulty of his decision, saying he revered the office. But ultimately, the president said he believed he needed to unite his party and put aside personal ambition
Following their midday talks, Biden and Netanyahu will meet the families of American hostages
Biden dropped out of the race last weekend and endorsed Harris
Jean-Pierre on Wednesday (local time) noted that Kamala Harris has been vice president for more than four years now
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On Sunday, President Biden announced that he was withdrawing from the race for the White House on November 5 and endorsed Harris
In a 17-minute speech, Harris aggressively went after Trump's vulnerabilities, comparing her background as a former prosecutor to his record as a convicted felon.
Biden endorsed Harris shortly after he announced Sunday that he would end his candidacy
Harris, 59, has come a long way since the 2020 presidential cycle, when she was forced to drop out of the Democratic party's presidential race even before the primaries
He did not respond to shouted questions about why he dropped out of the race and whether his deputy Vice President Kamala Harris could beat the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
President Joe Biden threw his support behind the vice president shortly after announcing he would no longer seek the nomination despite winning 99 per cent of the pledged delegates
Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had been facing growing calls to resign and several investigations into how the shooter was able to get so close to Trump
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Harris, who is of Indian and African heritage, has received the backing from more than the 1,976 pledged delegates needed to win the Democratic Party's nomination on the first ballot, as per reports
Joe Biden had heard from nearly every Democratic senator, pinging him over the last three weeks on his old-school flip phone
It's not certain, but very likely Harris will now be the Democratic candidate to face former Republican president Donald Trump in November
Ramaswamy alleged that this is a party and a movement on the Democrat side that has made it its core reason for existence to keep former president Trump out of office
The 82-year-old US president, who is in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, called the campaign headquarters on Monday moments before Harris made the maiden address to the team
Earlier on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris swiftly consolidated support for her presidential bid and secured commitments from hundreds of convention delegates
The vice president told the campaign staffers on Monday that she was retaining the same team from the Biden-Harris campaign