Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election
On July 21, 2024, Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, announced his withdrawal from the 2024 United States presidential election. Biden, a Democrat who had been elected president in 2020, stated on April 25, 2023, that he would run for re-election in 2024 with incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate.