Biden says it was his ‘obligation to the country’ to drop out of presidential race

In interview, president says if Trump wins a second term it would be a genuine danger to American security'

Joe Biden has said it was his obligation to the country" to drop out of the 2024 presidential election and prevent what he said would be a genuine danger to American security" if Donald Trump won a second term of office.

The US president gave his reasoning for stepping aside in at-times an emotional interview with CBS News on Sunday, his first since quitting the race in July. He explained that losing the confidence of senior House and Senate Democrats, who feared his unpopularity would hurt them at the polls in November, had weighed on his mind.