Who is running for president in 2024? Meet the candidates

With less than nine months remaining until US voters decide who will serve as president of the United States from January 2025 to January 2029, a number of outspoken Republicans have already fallen by the wayside in the hunt for the GOP presidential nomination, while at least two Democrats have challenged President Joe Biden in a Democratic primary.

As the campaign takes shape, here are the names you need to know.

Mr Biden is the current president of the United States and is gunning for a second term, having announced his re-election bid in a video message on 25 April 2023.

Joe Biden is hoping for a second term

Mr Biden, 81, is the oldest person to ever serve as president.

Originally, his lacklustre approval ratings fuelled speculation that he might stand down so a younger candidate could take up the Democratic Party mantle. But the Democrats’ better-than-expected results in the 2022 midterms appeared to put new wind in Mr Biden’s sails before he officially announced his 2024 run.

Mr Trump, 77, officially filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to declare himself a candidate in the 2024 election on 15 November 2022.

Mr Trump is the only US president to face two separate impeachment trials – one after fomenting a violent attack on the US Capitol in hopes of remaining in power, despite losing the 2020 election to Mr Biden.

He announced his candidacy at Mar-a-Lago, the same Palm Beach, Florida, location whereFBI agents had searched for stolen classified documents just three months earlier.

The ex-real estate developer-turned-television-presenter-turned-politician is hoping he can become the first ex-US chief executive to reclaim the White House since Grover Cleveland in 1885.

Donald Trump believes he