Biden drops reelection bid, endorses Harris

United States President Joe Biden, after nearly a month of mounting pressure from his own party, dropped his reelection bid on Sunday and endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to head the Democratic ticket in November.

"It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president," he wrote in a letter posted on social media. "And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus entirely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term."

Biden's endorsement of Harris came in a subsequent post on social media platform X.