{"id":11348,"date":"2023-04-15T07:46:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T07:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/biden-says-he-will\/"},"modified":"2023-04-15T07:48:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T07:48:59","slug":"biden-says-he-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/biden-says-he-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden says he will announce run for re-election &#8216;soon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt<\/p>\n<p>KNOCK, Ireland (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he has decided to run for a second term and would formally announce his re-election campaign &#8220;relatively soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll announce it relatively soon. But the trip here just reinforced my sense of optimism about what can be done,&#8221; Biden told reporters at the tail-end of an emotional trip to Ireland. &#8220;I told you my plan is to run again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden has long said he intended to run for re-election but the lack of a formal announcement has sometimes given jitters to supporters unsure if the 80-year-old Democrat, one of the oldest world leaders, would really commit to another four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>Yet behind the scenes, close aides and allies have already begun putting the steps in place to stand up a campaign infrastructure and fundraising apparatus ahead of a 2024 bid that could be a re-run of the 2020 match-up with Republican ex-president Donald Trump, who has already launched his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s expected pitch is to &#8220;finish the job&#8221; after a first term that included several legislative wins, including billions of dollars in federal funds to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and for new infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden&#8217;s age makes his re-election bid a historic and risky gamble for the Democratic Party, which faces a tough election map to hold the Senate in 2024 and is the minority in the House of Representatives now. Biden&#8217;s approval ratings are stuck in the low 40s; he would be 86 by the end of a prospective second term, nine years older than the average U.S. male life expectancy.     <\/p>\n<p>Doctors declared Biden, who does not drink alcohol and exercises five times a week, &#8220;fit for duty&#8221; after an examination in February. The White House says his record shows that he is mentally sharp enough for the rigors of the job.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Steve Holland in Knock, Ireland, and Trevor Hunnicutt in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Editing by Rosalba O&#8217;Brien)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/biden-says-he-will\/u-s-president-biden-completes-irish-tour-with-return-to-ancestral-21\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3D0WP-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3D0WP-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt KNOCK, Ireland (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he has decided to run for a second term and would formally announce his re-election campaign &#8220;relatively soon.&#8221; &#8220;We&#8217;ll announce it relatively soon. 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