Biden is ending his campaign. What happens next?
President Joe Biden will not be the Democratic Party’s nominee to face Donald Trump in 2024.
So who is?
All eyes will be on Democratic officials, poll results, major donors and the president himself in an unprecedented shakeup that could reshape the next four to eight years of American politics.
President Biden is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to face their Republican rival, but she is not formally the party’s nominee, and there remains a brief window until the Democratic National Convention in August for other candidates to weigh their chances.
Yes. Biden will enter his so-called lame-duck period as he finishes the remainder of his term, which ends on January 20, 2025, when the next president will be inaugurated.
Election Day is on November 5, the last day to cast ballots in the presidential race. Early voting periods for most states begin in October.
No. At least not yet.
Biden has endorsed his vice president for the party’s nomination, but that process won’t be formalized until the Democratic National Convention in August.
The president’s announcement of the end of his re-election campaign and his endorsement of Harris on July 21 has rallied other prominent Democratic officials to her candidacy. Before she announced her candidacy, she drew the immediate support of Bill and Hillary Clinton and key members of Congress, including the influential Congressional Black Caucus.
Hours later, Harris herselfannounced she would be seeking the nomination.
“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” she said in a statement.
“Over the past year, I have traveled across the country, talking with Americans about the clear choice in this momentous election. And that is