Biden appears in public for the first time after ending his presidential campaign
Washington.- US President Joe Biden reappeared in public for the first time this Tuesday after he decided last Sunday to abandon the race for the Presidency and after testing negative for coronavirus.
The Democratic president reappeared at the Delaware air base on his way to Washington. Tomorrow he will offer a speech to the nation from the Oval Office to explain the reasons for his resignation.
In the images published by American media, Biden is seen getting out of a car, dressed in a blue suit and blue tie and his traditional aviator sunglasses, and climbing the stairs of the presidential plane.
When faced with loud questions from the press who were waiting for him behind a security cordon, the president only responded that he was «fine.»
The president had been isolated at his home in Delaware since last Wednesday, when he tested positive for Covid. According to the latest report from his doctor, Kevin O’Connor, today he tested negative and the symptoms have disappeared.
«During the course of his infection, he never developed fever and his vital signs remained normal, including pulse oximetry. «His lungs remained clear,» the report states.
Biden announced this Tuesday that on Wednesday he will deliver a speech to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House, in which he will speak about his resignation from the Democratic Party’s presidential candidacy.
He will also speak, he added in a message on
The speech will take place at 20:00 local time (00:00 GMT).
Last Sunday, the president announced in a letter addressed to the American people that he was withdrawing from the presidential race after criticism from his own party for his disastrous performance in the first debate against Donald Trump (2017-2026) that took place on the 27th. of June.
He said he was doing it for the good of the country and the party and announced that this week he would address the nation to explain what happened.
Biden chose his vice president, Kamala Harris, as her successor, who already obtained enough delegates on Monday to guarantee the nomination at the next Democratic national convention, which will begin on August 19 in Chicago.
