President Joe Biden Announces Withdrawal from Presidential Election 

United States President Joe Biden has announced his withdrawal from the presidential race.

Mr. Biden’s decision came four months before the country’s 2024 presidential election.

Joe Biden’s campaign has been thrust into pressure, as panic and worry about his election chances pour in from the highest levels of the Democratic party.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly voiced their worries to Mr Biden in private on his candidature, according to the BBC.

Former President Barack Obama, who was Joe Biden’s running mate, had reportedly stated that Mr. Biden’s odds of winning the race have significantly decreased.

The democratic senator from West Virginia, Joe Manchin, also stated that Biden needed to “pass the torch to a new generation.”

Manchin stated that by withdrawing from the race, Biden would be able to concentrate on matters that were important to the president, such as assisting Ukraine in repelling an invasion by Russia and putting a stop to Israel’s conflict on Gaza.

Reacting to Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election, former President Donald Trump said his former opponent was “not fit to run.”

Trump, in a statement, said: “Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve – And never was.

“All those around him, including his Doctor and the Media, knew that he wasn’t capable of being President, and he wasn’t.”

President Biden has endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris as Democratic presidential nominee.

In his statement Biden said: “My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term.

“My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this”.