Biden steps down: President Joe Biden announces he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race

Staff members who enactment for some the president and vice president told ABC News they had nary denotation President Biden had made his determination adjacent arsenic his missive was being distributed.

They said they were caught by surprise.

Donald Trump reacted to the quality of Joe Biden stepping down with a station connected Truth Social.

"Crooked Joe Biden was not acceptable to tally for President, and is surely not acceptable to service - And ne'er was! He lone attained the presumption of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement. All those astir him, including his Doctor and the Media, knew that helium wasn't susceptible of being President, and helium wasn't - And now, look what he's done to our Country, with millions of radical coming crossed our Border, wholly unchecked and unvetted, galore from prisons, intelligence institutions, and grounds numbers of terrorists. We volition endure greatly due to the fact that of his presidency, but we volition remedy the harm helium has done precise quickly. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" helium said.

After announcing helium was stepping down from the 2024 statesmanlike race, Joe Biden endorsed Kamala Harris arsenic the Democratic nominee for president.

"My chap Democrats, I person decided not to judge the information and to absorption each my energies connected my duties arsenic President for the remainder of my term. My precise archetypal determination arsenic the enactment nominee successful 2020 was to prime Kamala Harris arsenic my Vice President. And it's been the champion determination I've made. Today I privation to connection my afloat enactment and endorsement for Kamala to beryllium the nominee of our enactment this year. Democrats - it's clip to travel unneurotic and bushed Trump. Let's bash this," helium said.

President Joe Biden is leaving the 2024 contention aft a halting statement show against Donald Trump led to questions from Democrats astir his age, quality to transportation retired his run and whether helium could service a 2nd term.

Biden said successful a connection posted Sunday that helium volition "stand down."

"It has been the top grant of my beingness to service arsenic your President," helium wrote, successful part. "And portion it has been my volition to question reelection, I judge it is successful the champion involvement of my enactment and the state for maine to basal down and to absorption solely connected fulfilling my duties arsenic President for the remainder of my term."

"I volition talk to the Nation aboriginal this week successful much item astir my decision," helium added.