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As of Saturday night, US President Joe Biden planned to stay in the 2024 presidential race, but then shocked his senior staff on Sunday afternoon by telling them that he was withdrawing, a source familiar with the matter said."Last night the message was proceed with everything, full speed ahead," the source told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. "At around 1:45 p.m. today: the president told his senior team that he had changed his mind.
The decision caught many White House and campaign staff off guard, with several expressing shock at the sudden turn of events.The president made the announcement while recuperating from a bout of COVID-19 at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The diagnosis came during a two-day trip to Las Vegas last week.Nursing a cough, the 81-year-old Biden had spent the weekend stewing over Democratic pressure to force him to leave the race, aides said.
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