A look at Biden's decades-long political career

President Biden's announcement to drop out of the 2024 presidential race marked a historic moment in his decades-long career in politics. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett takes a look back.
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[@Pretty_Fly_on_a_White_Guy]

In a perfect world, Donald Trump would also withdraw.

[@skyboy1956]

for what? He's winning ! !

[@Pretty_Fly_on_a_White_Guy]

@@skyboy1956 Autocracy is the antithesis of American values.

[@Bookworm214-y3d]

They are already spinning him to be one of the greatest presidents for the history books, this was one of his requests before he stepped down i am sure

[@8fconsulting147]

50 years of incompetence and corruption.

[@skyboy1956]

lets look at his net worth and figure out how he got rich in public service ! ! !

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

He was one of the poorest people in the senate

[@johnthomas8731]

you left out all of the perv stuff he is guilty of.

[@N.a.n.c.y]

Already?? Vultures! You all forced him out! 😡

[@user-rc9nf4gx3g]

Too old

[@user-cd7fn4bo7s]

Scranton Joe vs. the elites

[@MoreTubContentOnMyChannel]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@skyboy1956]

@@user-rc9nf4gx3g so he suddenly got too old over the weekend?

[@Saint-t9t]

Now would be a good time for ranked choice vote.
Top two make the ticket.

[@jaytaylor2312]

It’s turned California into a dumpster fire

[@onthelake9554]

Decades of biden :
"I never spoke to my son about his business dealings"
"I basically grew up in the black church"
"I was sort-of raised in the Puerto Rican community"
"I was a hard coal miner.”
"I marched in the civil rights movement"
"I traveled 17,000 miles through the Himalayas with Xi Jinping"
"I spoke to the inventor of insulin"
"I used to drive an tractor-trailer"
"I was top of my class in college"
"I awarded my uncle a purple heart, but he refused"
"I lost my son Beau in Iraq"
"I was a law professor."
"I was arrested trying to see
Nelson Mandela"
"I was a college professor"
"I went to school on a full scholarship and got 3 degrees."
"The oil industry gave me cancer"
"I was at ground zero the day after 9/11"
"I've been over the Key Bridge on a train many times"
"As a lifeguard, I saved 6 people from drowning"
"My uncle Bosey was eaten by cannibals"
"My High School teacher Wiley
"last name" was drafted by the Green Bay Packers"
"I got arrested standing on the porch with a black family"
"I'm not the Big Guy"
"No soldiers died on my watch." (Thank you Gold Star families).
"I'm not going nuts."
"Inflation was 9% when I took office."
"I'm endorsed by the border patrol." Oh please .
"I'm the most qualified "
"Trump was yelling over me in the debate."
"I cut the deficit "
"I put NATO together."
"I have a 6 handicap."
"I beat Medicare."
*"Trump is a liar."*
Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, whose campaign for president has been damaged by admissions of plagiarism and embellishing his academic record, was forced to withdraw from the race for the 1988 Democratic nomination .

[@Coral-reef.]

PRESIDENT OHARRIS

[@jillianchaloux6186]

i noticed you left out funding a genocide

[@53gardengnome]

And boy did those closest to him turn against him. 😢

[@user-rc9nf4gx3g]

Very reason why we need age restrictions. Simple.

[@user-zd9ex2bn7q]

Please let's try to forget about Joe he's been a disaster for this country

[@savannahm.laurentian1286]

Press is remiss in trolling him right now, instead of realizing that history will remember him for doing the right thing for his party & the country.

[@skyboy1956]

Like Biden had any say so . . .

[@kbean5338]

Career Criminal. FJB

[@falcon1733]

🤪

[@Zkbbkzzz]

I hate a Harris Trump scenario, it feels so hopeless. Please give democrats a choice, anyone but Harris

[@jan_darysh]

experimentended

[@user-ik5fr4pr6x]

Um,cesun

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Biden was a great patriot for America 🇺🇸

[@snapdragon420]

Greatest president of all time