President Biden will address the nation on Wednesday after his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential election. Biden will speak to the American people about why he decided to exit the race and what he plans to focus on for the remaining six months of his first term. His address will be delivered from the Oval Office, the White House said.
The president was seen in public for the first time in six days on Tuesday at Dover Air Force Base as he returned to the nation’s capital from his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. He answered one question from reporters at Dover Air Force Base, saying he is “feeling well” after testing negative for COVID-19.
Biden had not appeared publicly since last week. His only public remarks on his stunning decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election came Monday during a brief phone call into the campaign headquarters of Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now the presumptive Democratic nominee.
After returning to the White House, Biden will receive his daily briefing at 3 p.m. There are no public events on his schedule.
In a letter released on Sunday, Biden said he believes it is in the “best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.” “I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision,” he added, though he gave no details on the time, place or manner in which he would speak.
Last week, Biden began to self-isolate after reportedly testing positive for COVID-19. He was last seen publicly deplaning in Delaware on July 17.
In a letter updating the status of 81-year-old Biden’s medical condition on Tuesday, the physician to the president, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, wrote that Biden’s symptoms “have resolved.”
Biden will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday at the White House, according to a U.S. official. Netanyahu arrived in the U.S. a little more than 24 hours after Biden announced that he would no longer seek re-election.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu will give a speech in front of Congress, though Harris reportedly declined to preside over the address, according to the Washington Post. Before departing Israel for D.C., Netanyahu told reporters that his country would stand by the U.S. “regardless [of] who the American people choose as their next president.”
Netanyahu also requested a meeting with former President Trump this week, according to Politico. It is unclear if Trump agreed to the meeting.
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