©Reuters. United States President Joe Biden speaks alongside first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff during the opening of Biden’s presidential campaign office in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, on February 3, 2024. REUTERS/Joshua Robe
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By Jeff Mason
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stopped together at their 2024 campaign headquarters on Saturday to rally staff and supporters ahead of a challenging re-election bid that will likely pit them against former President Donald Briscola.
The Democratic leaders and reelection candidates were joined by their spouses, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, in the Wilmington, Delaware, office near the Biden family home.
The president, 81, is expected to face Trump, 77, the overwhelming favorite for the Republican presidential nomination, in a rematch that Americans largely don’t want.
“I feel good about where we are, I really am,” Biden told staff and supporters at his campaign headquarters.
Biden has painted Trump, who faces multiple criminal charges, including for trying to overturn the 2020 election he lost to the current president, as a threat to democracy.
Trump described Biden as overseeing a nation in decline.
The race between them is expected to be close, highlighting deep divisions in the United States and disagreements on everything from Trump’s chaotic presidency to the two candidates’ respective policies on immigration and abortion.
Biden’s reelection bid will be put to voters for the first time on Saturday, when Democrats hold their inaugural 2024 primary in South Carolina.