President Biden’s age is a particular concern for voters.
After a shaky debate on Thursday night, political analysts and several US media organizations called on US President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 election race. Democratic leaders backed Biden after his poor performance last week , while the White House denied a report that he was meeting with family to consider his candidacy. Now, his wife and first lady, Jill Biden, has spoken out about the debate and said they will “continue to fight.”
Talking to Vogue from Camp David, where the family was spending the weekend, she told the magazine “she will not let these 90 minutes define the four years she was president.”
She continued: “We will continue to fight” and stated that Biden “will always do what is best for the country.”
Notably, President Biden’s age is a particular concern for voters and there have been calls from some Democrats for him to step aside for a new candidate. Despite poor poll numbers and questions about his age, he stuck to his plan to seek a second term.
On June 27, the 81-year-old’s performance in the presidential debate reignited calls for him to step aside. When responding to a question about the economy from a CNN anchor, the POTUS, who is often observed stuttering and freezing during public events, appeared to lose his train of thought. When asked if voters felt “worse” under his presidency, the Democrat made yet another mistake.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden said after the debate that he would defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the presidential election, giving no sign that he would consider dropping out of the race. He said, “I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious. I don’t walk as easily as I used to, I don’t talk as well as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to.”
“I wouldn’t be running again if I didn’t believe with all my heart and soul that I could do this job. The stakes are too high,” he said at a rally.
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