Biden ends failing reelection campaign, backs Harris as nominee
US President Joe Biden abandons his floundering reelection bid and endorses Vice President Kamala Harris as nominee to face Republican Donald Trump in the November election.
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00:00U.S. President Joe Biden abandons his floundering re-election bid and endorses Vice President
00:06Kamala Harris as nominee to face Republican Donald Trump in the November election.
00:12Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed Vice President
00:17Kamala Harris for president.
00:19The 81-year-old Biden says he will remain in his role as president until his term ends
00:23on January 20, 2025, and will address the nation this week.
00:27He has not been seen in public since testing positive for COVID-19 last week and is isolating
00:32in his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
00:35In opinion polls, Americans expressed widespread dissatisfaction over a potential Biden-Trump
00:40rematch.
00:42Trump tells CNN on Sunday he believes Harris would be easier to defeat.
00:46If officially nominated, Harris, 59, would become the first Black woman to lead a major
00:51party ticket in U.S. history.