{"id":2196,"date":"2025-05-14T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2025-05-14T12:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:24:28","slug":"with-tears-in-his-eyes-joe-biden-made-the-somber-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=2196","title":{"rendered":"With tears in his eyes, Joe Biden made the somber announcement."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden, in an emotional Oval Office address, announced he will not run for re-election in 2024, citing concerns about his age and health. He said the decision was made in the country\u2019s best interest, stating, \u201cThe defense of democracy is more important than any title.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, calling her the right person to lead. Her nomination marks a historic first for a woman of color.<\/p>\n<p>Though reactions were mixed, many praised Biden\u2019s selflessness. He continues to serve as president, focused on his duties as the nation prepares for a new political chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>President Joe Biden, in an emotional Oval Office address, announced he will not run for re-election in 2024, citing concerns about his age and health. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=2196\" title=\"With tears in his eyes, Joe Biden made the somber announcement.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2197,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions\/2197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}