President Joe Biden Formally Launches 2024 Reelection Campaign

Biden is now the clear Democratic front-runner in the upcoming presidential election, even as he’d be a record-breaking 86 years old by the end of his second term.

President Joe Biden formally announced early Tuesday that he will seek a second term in the White House, declaring his 2024 candidacy for president four years to the day after launching his bid for the 2020 nomination.

At 80 years old, Biden is the first octogenarian to hold the title of U.S. president, raising skepticism about whether he will be fit to serve an additional four years when his term ends in 2025. But the Democratic commander-in-chief isn’t ready to end his political career, arguing that his tenure as president thus far has proven him capable of carrying Americans through hard times, especially in the fight against Republican extremism.

When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are,” he said in narration in a three-minute campaign video shared across social media that included images of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, as well as protests from abortion rights activists.