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Biden 'Not Prepared to Announce' 2024 Presidential Run — as He Announces it

The increasingly gaffe-prone US president will be just shy of his 82nd birthday at the next election in 2024, but is reportedly already recruiting an "army" of social media figures to campaign for him from a base in the White House.
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Joe Biden has publicly announced he plans to run for a second term as president in 2024 — but isn't yet ready to announce it.
Biden announced the non-announcement alongside his wife Jill at the annual White House Easter egg roll on Monday.
NBC Today Show host Al Roker asked the president cryptically if he would "be taking part in the Easter egg rolls after 2024?"
"I plan on at least three or four more Easter egg rolls? Maybe five, maybe six. What the hell. I don't know," Biden replied — implying that he would somehow serve not just a second but an unconstitutional third term as president.
"I’ll either be the guy rolling the egg or the guy pushing them out," he added, suggesting that he might take the Easter bunny's job.
"I plan on running, Al," Biden said when Roker asked him directly, "but we're not prepared to announce it yet."
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Biden Planning to Involve TikTok Bloggers in Promoting 2024 Reelection Bid, Reports Say
Biden, the oldest president in US history, will be just weeks shy of his 82nd birthday at the next election in November 2024.
He faces a possible re-match with his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, currently facing what he calls politically-motivated felony charges in New York which could disqualify him from running.
A political news website reported on Easter Sunday that the Biden team was recruiting an "army" of hundreds of "social media influencers" to campaign for his re-election, who would be given instructions at a special briefing room in the White House in an apparent breach of election rules.
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