President Joe Biden has told former President Barack Obama that he plans to seek re-election in 2024, according to The Hill.
The revelation is hardly breaking news. The 79-year-old Biden has repeatedly stated his intention to run for a second term and has indicated that his Vice President, Kamala Harris, will remain on his ticket.
Last month, Biden said he’d be “very fortunate” if Donald Trump were his opponent.
John Anzalone, a pollster with close ties to the sitting president, told POLITICO last Friday that “there’s no one else that could beat Trump [other] than Joe Biden … You go head-to-head and Joe Biden’s always ahead of him. Not by a lot — one or two points. … Even at his lowest approval rating, he still beats Donald Trump.”
Business Insider provides key context:
Trump is very publicly flirting with a 2024 run, even referring to himself as the 47th president. Some of his potential challengers for the GOP presidential nomination have pledged to not run if Trump decides to try to become the first president since Grover Cleveland to try to successfully reclaim the White House.
Biden’s current numbers have sparked massive concerns among Democrats. According to the FiveThirtyEight’s weighted average, the president has a 41.6% approval rating.
Washington Post writer Aaron Blake recently listed Biden as the Democrats’ top hope of retaining the White House. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was his second pick, with Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Amy Klobuchar rounding out his top 5.
