Democratic President Joe Biden (right) and Vice President-Kamala Harris after winning election in 2020. The president announced this week that he is quitting the 2024 race for president and backing Harris as the potential Democratic nominee in his place. A former California attorney general and U.S. senator, Harris is the nation's first Black and first female vice president.

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher-July 21, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.-President Joe Biden withdrew on Sunday as the presumptive nominee for president for the Democratic Party and urged Democrats to support Vice President Kamala Harris in his place, changing the political landscape as the Nov. 5, 2024 presidential election nears and handing former President Donald Trump a vibrant Black woman to compete against.

The nominee for the Republican Party as of Thursday night, Trump,78, lost reelection to Biden, 81, in 2020 and hopes to wiggle his way back into the White House in November with the support of voters and Republican operatives.

President Biden's decision to withdraw from the race comes following mounting pressure from congressional and other Democrats after his poor performance in the June 27 first presidential debate showed signs of his deteriorating mental acuity and he came down with COVID-19 just last week. He is recovering from COVID at his home in Delaware with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and other family members by his side.

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president. 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 to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” Biden wrote on his X account.

Democrats must now convince campaign donors  and voters to switch gears and back Harris, 59 and the country's first Black and first female vice president.

If she wins in November Harris will become the nation's first Black and first female president.

The Democratic National Convention is set for Aug.19-22 in Chicago, Illinois.

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