Vice President and Democratic White House candidate Kamala Harris and the US President will campaign together next week, in what will be the first action since Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race against Donald Trump.
According to the France-Presse news agency (AFP), eager to highlight his record in his final months in office and support the vice-president, Biden will appear alongside Harris during an event scheduled for next Thursday in the state of Maryland, near Washington.
The pair will "talk about the progress they are making to reduce costs for the American people," the White House said in a statement, adding that more details will be released later.
Inflation remains a weak point for the ruling Democrats ahead of the November elections.
Harris has brought a boost back to her field since Biden announced he was stepping down after a disastrous debate against Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump that highlighted concerns about her age and mental acuity.
The first woman, black and South Asian vice-president in the history of the United States has already held a series of rallies that have attracted crowds, raised a record amount of funds and erased Trump's lead in the polls.
On the other hand, Biden has been discreet, making only a few public appearances in the context of a presidency that now seems weak, with almost six months to go before a successor takes office in January.
The President, who is currently spending a long weekend at his beach house in Delaware, is not expected to make any major political appearances in support of Harris ahead of the Democratic Party's national nominating convention, which begins on the 19th of this month in Chicago.
But there are signs that the veteran Democrat wants to promote his performance as he prepares to step down after a nearly half-century career in US politics.
That includes doing everything in his power to help ensure Harris' victory against Trump, his arch-enemy and the man he defeated in the 2020 election.
Harris featured prominently alongside Biden at a high-profile event last week, when they both received US journalist Evan Gershkovich and other detainees released in a wide-ranging prisoner swap with Russia.
According to Politico, Kamala Harris particularly wants Joe Biden's support in key states like Pennsylvania and Michigan, where she is still popular, especially among older white voters.
Biden, for his part, must ensure that the spotlight remains on Harris, participating in the campaign only to a limited extent in the fall, according to the same source.
The Democratic President intervened earlier this week to warn of a repeat of the events that followed the 2020 elections, when Trump contested his defeat and his supporters stormed the Capitol, a bloody and traumatic day for US politics.
"If Trump loses, I'm not sure" that there will be a peaceful transition of power, Joe Biden told CBS in the first interview since he withdrew from the election, saying he again feared more acts of violence.
One of his other priorities for the end of his term is to push for a ceasefire and end the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, an issue that continues to divide Democrats.
Biden and the leaders of Egypt and Qatar invited the belligerents to resume negotiations on the 15th of this month, the same day as his joint speech with Harris, in order to reach an agreement.
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