Summary

  • US President Joe Biden has announced that he will seek re-election for the presidency in 2024, with Vice-President Kamala Harris again his running mate

  • Now 80 and already the oldest president in US history, Biden had long signalled he would run for another four-year term

  • In a video to launch his bid to retain the White House, he cast the next election as a fight for democracy and personal freedom, saying: "Let's finish the job"

  • But the Republicans called Biden "out of touch" for seeking re-election, claiming US citizens were counting down the days until they can send him "packing"

  • Donald Trump has already launched his bid, meaning the pair could be set for a rematch of the 2020 election in November next year

  • With Biden's Democrats performing better than expected in last year's midterm elections, he is unlikely to face much competition from within his own party

  • But an NBC News poll recently found that 70 percent of Americans, and just over half of Democrats, believe he should not run again

Live Reporting

Edited by Marianna Brady

  1. Biden's pitch for 2024: 'Let's finish the job'

    Joe Biden's campaign for re-election has officially launched - in the form of a three-minute video that begins with a one-word pitch: Freedom.

    Narrated by the 46th US president himself, Biden argues that abortion rights, the defence of democracy, voting rights and the social safety net will be among the most important issues on the ballot in 2024.

    He says that voters will be faced with the choice of leaving the next generation with "more freedom or less" and "more rights or fewer".

    "Every generation of Americans has faced a moment when they’ve had to defend democracy, stand up for our personal freedoms, and stand up for our right to vote and our civil rights. This is ours," he says.

    Hearkening back to his 2020 campaign message that Americans were "in a battle for the soul" of their nation, he presents his 2024 slogan: "Let’s finish the job.”

  2. Biden confirms 2024 presidential run
    Breaking

    US president Joe Biden has confirmed he is going to stand for re-election in 2024. The announcement has been made in a promotional video.

    Stay with us as we bring you more from that video and other updates.

  3. Analysis

    Majority of Americans don't want Biden to run again - poll

    Sarah Smith
    North America editor

    Joe Biden is by some distance the oldest president America’s ever had - if he does win re-election, he’d be 86 by the end of his second term.

    There are some really remarkable numbers.

    In the latest poll that I've seen, which was done by NBC News, 70% of people asked don't want Biden to run again for president. Fifty one per cent of Democrats don't want him to run for president.

    And the overwhelming reason that all of these people gave for not wanting to see him running again is his age.

  4. When is the 2024 election?

    VotersEPA

    Federal elections in the US are typically held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

    This year, that means voters will cast their ballots on Tuesday, 5 November 2024.

    There are a host of other important dates leading up to the election, including a series of caucuses in Iowa and Republican and Democratic Party conventions in July and August 2024.

  5. Which Republicans could vie for the nomination?

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantisReuters

    Donald Trump could face stiff competition from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the race to be the Republican presidential candidate

    Several Republicans have already come forward to announce their intention to run for the party nomination in 2024. At the top of the list is former President Donald Trump, who said last November he would run once again to "make America great and glorious again".

    The former president could face stiff competition from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has not formally announced his candidacy but is viewed by many as the most likely to face off against Trump.

    Former Vice President Mike Pence is also seen as a contender. He recently told CBS News he would decide before June whether to run.

    Others who have already signalled their intention to enter the race include Nikki Haley, a former US ambassador to the United Nations; former two-term Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson; Tim Scott, the only black Republican serving in the US Senate; and Indian-American biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

    You can read more about the candidates here.

  6. Analysis

    Why Biden is unlikely to face firm challenge from Democrats

    Sarah Smith
    North America editor

    Ever since the November mid-term elections last year, when the Democrats did surprisingly well, much better than they anticipated they were going to, Joe Biden has had a lock on this nomination, if he wanted it.

    That’s the point at which all the other serious contenders - the governors around the country, the senior politicians - realised that they weren’t going to get a look in here.

    It would be heavily frowned upon within the party if somebody were to try and challenge him at this point.

  7. Will other Democrats challenge Joe Biden?

    Robert F Kennedy during an election rallyReuters

    Anti-vaxxer and nephew of JFK, Robert F Kennedy, has filed paperwork to run to be the Democrats' presidential candidate

    At least two other candidates have formally announced they will run against Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee in the 2024 election, but the fringe candidates are highly unlikely to garner enough support to beat him.

    Anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy Jr, the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, is among those running.

    And self-help author Marianne Williamson has also said she will challenge Biden for a second time. She dropped out of the 2020 presidential race before the primary elections.

    You can read more about the candidates here.

  8. All eyes on Biden - welcome to our live coverage

    Alex Therrien
    Live reporter

    BidenEPA

    Ever since Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in 2020 to become president, there have been questions over whether he would seek a second term. Aged 78 when he took office in 2021, Biden was already comfortably the oldest president in US history. Now we're expecting confirmation later this morning that Biden will run again to be US president in 2024.

    The announcement will not be a surprise - for months Biden has signalled he intends to run again. But recent polls suggest his decision to run is a divisive one. An NBC News poll over the weekend found that 70% of Americans, and just over half of Democrats, believe he should not run again.

    Stay with us for the latest updates and analysis.