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 The [[Joe Biden–Donald Trump 2024 presidential debate|first presidential debate]] was held on June 27, 2024, between Biden and Trump. Biden's performance was widely criticized, with commentators saying he frequently lost his train of thought and gave meandering answers.<ref name="reuters-biden-debate">{{cite web |last1=Holland |first1=Steve |last2=Reid |first2=Tim |last3=Morgan |first3=David |title=Biden acknowledges age, bad debate performance but vows to beat Trump |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-scramble-limit-damage-after-bidens-wobbly-debate-showing-against-trump-2024-06-28/ |work=Reuters |date=29 June 2024 |access-date=June 29, 2024}}</ref><ref name="apjune27">{{Cite news |date=June 27, 2024 |title=A halting Biden tries to confront Trump at debate but stirs Democratic panic about his candidacy |first1=Zeke |last1=Miller |first2=Michelle L. |last2=Price |first3=Will |last3=Weissert |first4=Bill |last4=Barrow |first5=Darlene |last5=Superville |url=https://apnews.com/article/bidentrumppresidentialdebate-0e7577e9a354a69f50675494fea54ca9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628073822/https://apnews.com/article/bidentrumppresidentialdebate-0e7577e9a354a69f50675494fea54ca9 |archive-date=June 28, 2024 |access-date=June 28, 2024 |work=Associated Press News}}</ref><ref name="PoliticoJune28Dems">{{Cite news |last1=Kashinsky |first1=Lisa |last2=Cancryn |first2=Adam |last3=Daniels |first3=Eugene |date=June 28, 2024 |title=Dems freak out over Biden's debate performance: 'Biden is toast' |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/27/biden-debate-opening-concerns-00165595 |access-date=June 28, 2024 |newspaper=Politico |archive-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628024715/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/27/biden-debate-opening-concerns-00165595 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several newspaper columnists declared Trump the winner,<ref name="worst" >{{cite news|last=Greenfield|first=Jeff|title=The Worst Debate Performance in American History|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/28/worst-debate-performance-history-opinion-00165686|newspaper=Politico|date=June 28, 2024|access-date=June 28, 2024|archive-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628202227/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/28/worst-debate-performance-history-opinion-00165686|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rappeport|first=Alan|title=Who Won the Debate? Biden Stumbles Left Trump on Top|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/politics/biden-trump-debate-who-won.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 27, 2024|access-date=June 28, 2024|archive-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628230244/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/politics/biden-trump-debate-who-won.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Potas|first=Dace|title=Republicans deserve the version of Trump we saw during the debate. Too bad it won't last.|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/06/28/trump-won-debate-biden-failed/74241366007/|newspaper=USA Today|date=June 28, 2024|access-date=June 28, 2024|archive-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628230346/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/06/28/trump-won-debate-biden-failed/74241366007/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Prokop|first=Andrew|title=2 winners and 2 losers from the first Biden-Trump debate|url=https://www.vox.com/politics/357788/biden-trump-debate-winners-losers|website=Vox|date=June 28, 2024|access-date=June 28, 2024|archive-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628151404/https://www.vox.com/politics/357788/biden-trump-debate-winners-losers|url-status=live}}</ref> and polling indicated the majority of debate watchers believed Trump won.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-trump-june-debate-poll/|title=Who Won The First Biden-Trump Presidential Debate? |first1=Aaron |last1=Bycoffe |first2=Amina |last2=Brown |first3=Nathaniel |last3=Rakich|website=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|date=June 28, 2024|accessdate=June 28, 2024|archive-date=June 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627224514/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-trump-june-debate-poll/|url-status=live}}</ref> After the debate raised questions about [[Age and health concerns of Joe Biden|his health and age]], Biden faced calls to withdraw from the race, including from [[List of Democrats who opposed the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign|fellow Democrats]]<ref name="nbc-biden-step-down">{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Jonathan |title=Some Democrats start calling for Biden to step aside and 'throw in the towel' on 2024 |date=June 28, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/democrats-biden-step-aside-throw-towel-2024-rcna159368 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=June 29, 2024}}</ref> and the [[editorial boards]] of several major news outlets.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=June 28, 2024 |title=To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/opinion/biden-election-debate-trump.html |access-date=June 28, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628220351/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/opinion/biden-election-debate-trump.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 30, 2024 |title=These major media outlets have called for Biden to drop out |first=Nick |last=Robertson |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4748637-biden-debate-step-aside-newspapers/ |access-date=July 1, 2024 |newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
-Biden initially insisted that he would remain a candidate,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/03/nx-s1-5028147/biden-presidential-race|title='I'm in this race to the end,' Biden tells campaign staffers|first1=Tamara|last1=Keith|first2=Deepa|last2=Shivaram|work=NPR|date=July 3, 2024|accessdate=July 3, 2024}}</ref> but on July 21, he withdrew his candidacy, writing that this was "in the best interest of my party and the country".<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=JoeBiden |number=1815080881981190320 |access-date=13 August 2024 |title=My Fellow Americans |date=July 21, 2024 |last=Biden |first=Joseph R. Jr.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wynder |first1=Ehren |last2=Schrader |first2=Adam |date=July 21, 2024 |title=Biden ends his presidential re-election campaign |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/07/21/biden-ends-2024-presidential-campaign/3971721584879 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |publisher=United Press International}}</ref> He endorsed Harris as his successor.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=JoeBiden |number=1815087772216303933|title=My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it's been the best decision I've made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it's time to come together and beat Trump. Let's do this. |date=July 21, 2024 |last=Biden |first=Joseph R. Jr.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shear |first=Michael D. |date=July 21, 2024 |title=Live Updates: Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Harris |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election |access-date=July 21, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His announcement came 29 days before the beginning of the [[2024 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Jeff |last2=Renshaw |first2=Jarrett |last3=Singh |first3=Kanishka |title=Biden drops reelection bid, backs Harris to top Democratic ticket |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-81-pulls-out-presidential-race-2024-07-21/ |access-date=July 21, 2024 |publisher=Reuters |date=July 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Schrader |first1=Adam |last2=Moran |first2=Mark |date=July 21, 2024 |title=Biden drops out of presidential race, endorses Harris |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/07/21/biden-endorses-harris-president-2024/1071721586809 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |publisher=United Press International}}</ref> On August 6, 2024, Harris was confirmed as the Democratic presidential nominee after securing 99% of the delegates in a virtual roll call vote.<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Oren |last1=Oppenheim |first2=Brittany |last2=Shepherd |first3=Isabella |last3=Murray |title=Kamala Harris certified as Democratic presidential nominee after earning majority of roll call votes |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kamala-harris-nominee-DNC-majority-democratic-roll-call-votes/story?id=112580918 |access-date=August 19, 2024 |publisher=ABC News}}</ref> This was the first time an eligible incumbent had declined to run for reelection since [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Montanaro |first1=Domenico |title=6 political takeaways from Biden's decision to step aside |date=July 22, 2024 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/nx-s1-5048115/biden-harris-drop-out-election-analysis |publisher=NPR |access-date=July 22, 2024}}</ref>
+Biden initially insisted that he would remain a candidate,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/03/nx-s1-5028147/biden-presidential-race|title='I'm in this race to the end,' Biden tells campaign staffers|first1=Tamara|last1=Keith|first2=Deepa|last2=Shivaram|work=NPR|date=July 3, 2024|accessdate=July 3, 2024}}</ref> but on July 21, he withdrew his candidacy, writing that this was "in the best interest of my party and the country".<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=JoeBiden |number=1815080881981190320 |access-date=13 August 2024 |title=My Fellow Americans |date=July 21, 2024 |last=Biden |first=Joseph R. Jr.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wynder |first1=Ehren |last2=Schrader |first2=Adam |date=July 21, 2024 |title=Biden ends his presidential re-election campaign |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/07/21/biden-ends-2024-presidential-campaign/3971721584879 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |publisher=United Press International}}</ref> He endorsed Harris as his successor.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=JoeBiden |number=1815087772216303933|title=My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it's been the best decision I've made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it's time to come together and beat Trump. Let's do this. |date=July 21, 2024 |last=Biden |first=Joseph R. Jr.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shear |first=Michael D. |date=July 21, 2024 |title=Live Updates: Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Harris |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election |access-date=July 21, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His announcement came 29 days before the beginning of the [[2024 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Jeff |last2=Renshaw |first2=Jarrett |last3=Singh |first3=Kanishka |title=Biden drops reelection bid, backs Harris to top Democratic ticket |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-81-pulls-out-presidential-race-2024-07-21/ |access-date=July 21, 2024 |publisher=Reuters |date=July 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Schrader |first1=Adam |last2=Moran |first2=Mark |date=July 21, 2024 |title=Biden drops out of presidential race, endorses Harris |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/07/21/biden-endorses-harris-president-2024/1071721586809 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |publisher=United Press International}}</ref> On August 6, 2024, Harris was confirmed as the Democratic presidential nominee after securing 99% of the delegates in a virtual roll call vote.<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Oren |last1=Oppenheim |first2=Brittany |last2=Shepherd |first3=Isabella |last3=Murray |title=Kamala Harris certified as Democratic presidential nominee after earning majority of roll call votes |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kamala-harris-nominee-DNC-majority-democratic-roll-call-votes/story?id=112580918 |access-date=August 19, 2024 |publisher=ABC News}}</ref> This was the first time an eligible incumbent had declined to run for reelection since Lyndon B. Johnson in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Montanaro |first1=Domenico |title=6 political takeaways from Biden's decision to step aside |date=July 22, 2024 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/nx-s1-5048115/biden-harris-drop-out-election-analysis |publisher=NPR |access-date=July 22, 2024}}</ref>
 In the general election, Trump defeated Harris, flipping six states Biden had won in 2020. The Senate [[2024 United States Senate elections|went Republican]] for the first time since 2018. In a nationally televised speech after the election, Biden congratulated Trump and promised a "peaceful and orderly" transition of power.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-congratulates-trump-invites-him-to-meeting-at-white-house/ar-AA1tDj6U Biden congratulates Trump, invites him to meeting at White House]. [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]].  November 7, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.</ref>