President Biden ends reelection bid, endorses Vice President Harris

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday ended his 2024 reelection bid against former President Donald Trump. VOA's Celia Mendoza has more.

The 81-year-old Biden, with declining national polling numbers against the Republican challenger he defeated in the 2020 election, made the announcement as he was recovering from his third bout with COVID-19 at his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, vacation home near the Atlantic Ocean.

He endorsed his second-in-command, Vice President Kamala Harris, to be the Democratic presidential nominee to run against Trump in the November 5 election. She would be the first Black woman and South Asian major party presidential nominee in the 248-year history of the United States.

A growing number of Democratic leaders had in recent days called for Biden to step down since his faltering debate performance against Trump in late June.