Biden explains why he left the presidential race

Joe Biden

The President of the USA, Joe Biden, has revealed why he gave up his candidacy in the presidential elections.

Biden has expressed during an interview that he was afraid that the intra-party battle for his candidacy would be a real distraction for the Democrats and that his priority was to defeat Donald Trump in November.

In his first interview since leaving the race, Biden said he had no serious health problems. He talked about his poor performance in the debate saying he was ill at the time and dismissed concerns about his age and mental health.

The US president vowed to campaign for Kamala Harris, saying he would do anything to help the vice president.

"We have to defeat Trump," he told CBS News. Biden said that if he had continued his campaign, the presidential race would have gone "down to the wire."

"A number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought I would affect them if I ran," he said.

The president has said he intended to be a bridge for the next generation when he ran for the White House in 2020./ CNA

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