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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

Is Joe Biden a viable candidate for 2024?

FILES-US-POLITICS-BIDEN-DOCUMENTS<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 13, 2023, US President Joe Biden (R) listens to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. - Officials from the US Department of Justice found six more classified documents during a search of Joe Biden's family home in Delaware this week, the president's personal lawyer said in a statement on January 21. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
‘While not a stirring speaker or a charismatic public presence, he has shown steadiness and resolve.’ Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Reports that justice department investigators on Friday seized more than a half-dozen documents, some of them classified, from President Biden’s residence in Wilmington, Delaware – including documents from his time as a senator and others from his time as vice-president – have shaken Washington, worrying some Democrats about Biden’s viability as a candidate in 2024.

The imminent departure of Ron Klain, Biden’s chief of staff, is also being read as a sign that Biden and his administration are turning a corner – reviving questions about whether the 80-year-old president should run again.

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