Joe Biden

==2024 presidential campaign==
{{Main|Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign}}
Ending months of speculation,<ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/13/2024-campaigns-trump-biden-00073548 |title = Why the 2024 Race Is Eerily Quiet|last = Martin |first = Jonathan |work = [[Politico]]|date = December 13, 2022|accessdate = July 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-reelection-bid-announcement-after-state-of-the-union-address/ |title = Biden likely to announce 2024 reelection bid not long after State of the Union address |last1 = Cordes |first1 = Nancy |last2 = O'Keefe |first2 = Ed |last3 = Gomez |first3 = Fin |work = [[CBS]]|date = January 19, 2023 |accessdate = July 26, 2023}}</ref> on April 25, 2023, Biden confirmed he would run for reelection as president in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 election]], with Harris again as his running mate. The campaign launched four years to the day after the start of his [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|2020 presidential campaign]].<ref name="finish this job">{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Zeke |date=April 25, 2023 |title=Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: 'Let's finish this job' |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-election-2024-president-democrats-trump-9c72115656855da89a41cac3f79aa65b |accessdate=April 25, 2023}}</ref> On the day of his announcement, a Gallup poll found that Biden's approval rating was 37 percent.<ref name="pollrui">{{cite news |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/505202/biden-begins-reelection-bid-low-point-presidency.aspx |title=Biden Begins Reelection Bid at Low Point in His Presidency |last=Jones |first=Jeffrey M. |work=[[Gallup Inc.]] |date=April 27, 2023 |accessdate=July 26, 2023 }}</ref> Most of those surveyed in the poll said the economy was their biggest concern.<ref name="pollrui"/> During his campaign, Biden has promoted [[Economic policy of the Joe Biden administration|higher economic growth and recovery]] following the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2023 |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/WH-Bidenomics-Deck-6.22.23.pdf|title=Bidenomics: President Biden and Congressional Democrats' Plan to Grow the Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out, Not the Top Down, Is Delivering for the American People |work=[[Whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/eyes-2024-bidenomics-back-campaign-trail-rcna95285 |title=Eyes on 2024: Bidenomics back on the campaign trail |last1=Marquez |first1=Alexandra |last2=Bowman |first2=Bridget |last3=Kamisar |first3=Ben |work=[[NBC News]] |date=July 20, 2023 |accessdate=July 26, 2023}}</ref> He has frequently stated his intention to "finish the job" as a political rallying cry.<ref>{{cite news |title='It's Time to Finish the Job,' Biden Tells Union Workers as He Starts '24 Race|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/20/us/biden-2024-president-election-news#biden-running-2024-president|work=New York Times|date=April 25, 2023|access-date=January 7, 2024}}</ref>

===2024 primaries===
{{Main|2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries}}

Biden was not on the ballot in the January 23 [[2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary|New Hampshire primary]], but won it in a write-in campaign with 63.8% of the vote.  He had wanted South Carolina to be the first primary, and [[2024 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary|won that state on February 3]] with 96% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Carolina Democratic Primary Results |work=The New York Times |date=February 3, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/03/us/elections/results-south-carolina-democratic-primary.html |access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref> Biden received 89.3% of the vote in [[2024 Nevada Democratic presidential primary|Nevada]] and 81.1% of the vote in [[2024 Michigan Democratic presidential primary|Michigan]], with "none of these candidates" and "uncommitted" coming in second in each state, respectively. On March 5 ("Super Tuesday"), he won 15 of 16 primaries, netting 80% or more of the vote in 13 of them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/election/ |title=2024 U.S. Election - Latest News and Updates on Presidential and State Races }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/05/us/elections/results-super-tuesday-key-races.html |title=Super Tuesday Results: Key Races to Watch |work=The New York Times |date=March 5, 2024 }}</ref> On March 12, he reached the 1,968 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination, becoming the presumptive nominee.