It has been reported earlier by ConservativeBrief that Joe Biden says he will run for re-election in 2024 if he remains in “good health.”
During an interview with ABC’s David Muir, Biden also said that if Donald Trump runs again, that will increase his chances of seeking a second term in office.
Biden, the oldest person ever to be elected as U.S. president, also claimed “fate” would play a part in his 2024 plans. “I’m a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I’m in the health I’m in now – I’m in good health – then, in fact, I would run again,” Biden said.
Muir followed up by asking Biden if he would run for re-election if it meant taking on Trump again.
“You’re trying to tempt me now. Sure, why would I not run against Donald Trump if he were the nominee? That would increase the prospect of running,” Biden continued. Donald Trump has not officially announced a 2024 presidential run, but it appears that he may be building a “campaign in waiting.”
According to Politico, Trump insiders have said he’s started the process of considering possible running mates.
“A lot of times, a presidential candidate will pick a running mate to balance out wings of the party. But with Trump, that’s not the issue. He is the party, basically. It’s so united behind him,” said John McLaughlin, one of Trump’s campaign pollsters. “So his choice, if he runs, will come down to what he wants. It would be a much more personal decision this time.”
“They’re all begging me. They all come here,” One adviser, who spoke anonymously with Politico, said Trump told them.
“Once you get past those two issues — loyalty and Trump going more with his gut — Trump has a lot of leeway in who he would pick,” said Tony Fabrizio, Trump’s lead pollster in 2016 and 2020. “He’s not necessarily looking to balance the ticket geographically, but what he can do is pick to balance gender, race, ethnicity — a lot of different lanes there,” said Fabrizio, who is polling for a Trump-affiliated super PAC. “It could be everything from a Tim Scott in South Carolina to an Asian American in California, somebody Hispanic in Texas. There are so many choices and paths. And there’s lots of time to go.”
