US President Joe Biden said Friday as he was leaving Ireland that he will be announcing "relatively soon" a decision on whether to run for re-election in 2024. "I've already made that calculus. We'll announce it relatively soon. But the trip here just reinforced my sense of optimism about what can be done," he told reporters, adding "I told you my plan is to run again".
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BALLINA, Ireland - US President Joe Biden ended an emotive visit to Ireland on Friday with a campaign-style exhortation for hope, as he inched closer to formally launching his 2024 bid.
US President Joe Biden, winding down an emotive visit to Ireland, broke down in tears Friday during a chance encounter with the priest who read the last rites to his late son. The Irish-American president was on a visit to the celebrated Roman Catholic pilgrimage shrine at Knock, northwestern Ireland, on the final day of a three-day tour of his ancestral homeland. The president's son Beau Biden died of brain cancer aged 46 in 2015.