Biden to take to cam­paign trail to boost Har­ris

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden is plan­ning to hit the 2024 cam­paign trail for Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris, break­ing from his past few weeks of rel­a­tive silence.
After step­ping down as the Demo­c­ra­t­ic nom­i­nee on July 22, Biden has been rel­a­tive­ly qui­et, with media atten­tion mov­ing to his suc­ces­sor. He is due to break that self-imposed exile some­time in the near future, accord­ing to Politi­co.

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriv­ing on Marine One, Mon­day, Aug. 5, 2024, in Wash­ing­ton. (AP Photo/Evan Vuc­ci)

Three offi­cials famil­iar with the mat­ter said that the date and loca­tion haven’t been set­tled on, but that he will be deployed “strate­gi­cal­ly” — in bat­tle­ground states such as Penn­syl­va­nia, Wis­con­sin, and Michi­gan.
The pres­i­dent is also expect­ed to tar­get con­stituen­cies he polled well with, such as old­er vot­ers, and focus on bipar­ti­san appeals such as his poli­cies regard­ing infra­struc­ture and low­er­ing drug prices.
The Wash­ing­ton Exam­in­er reached out to Biden’s team for com­ment.
Biden’s cam­paign had promised to hit the cam­paign trail again while he was nom­i­nee just three days before he dropped out.
Biden played a role in choos­ing Gov. Tim Walz (D‑MN) as Harris’s run­ning mate, with peo­ple famil­iar with the mat­ter say­ing that the Min­neso­ta gov­er­nor was the president’s favored pick.
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A senior advis­er speak­ing with CNN said that Biden likes Walz because “He’s just a blast.”
“Biden was in the best mood ever,” the advis­er recalled after a joint event in Wis­con­sin. They recalled oth­ers jok­ing that the Min­neso­ta gov­er­nor should be brought around more often “because he always put him in such a great mood.”

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