Biden's 2024 Ambition: President Announces Intent to Pursue Second Term

On Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden said he plans to run for Presidency in 2024 but was not prepared to announce it yet.

"I plan on running ... but we're not prepared to announce it yet," Biden said in an interview with NBC's "Today" show before the White House Easter Egg Roll.

Biden is 80 and would be 86 at the end of a second four-year term. The self-help author Marianne Williamson has formally announced an intent to run for the Democratic party's nomination, as has Robert Kennedy Jr, the nephew of President John F Kennedy.

Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, his former secretary of state, Nikki Haley, and ex-governor Asa Hutchinson have declared themselves candidates for 2024. Florida's governor, Ron DeSantis, is also expected to join that field eventually.

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Biden, 80, has consistently stated his plans to run for re-election, NBC News reported.

"I'm going to do it again," Biden said last year as he posed for a photograph in the Roosevelt Room with Sharpton, according to an official from the National Action Network who recounted the MSNBC host's description. "I'm going."

Biden's remarks come as White House advisers prepare to make final decisions on launching his re-election campaign, NBC News reported, citing several sources familiar with the discussions.

According to a national Monmouth University poll, around half of Democrats prefer President Joe Biden not seek re-election in 2024 and allow someone else. However, democratic power brokers have indicated they are all in for Biden's re-election bid even before officially declaring his intention to seek it.

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