Biden admits that ending 2024 campaign was the ‘right decision’ in BBC interview

Published May 7, 2025 11:25am ET



In his first major post-White House interview, former President Joe Biden conceded that the decision to suspend his 2024 campaign, paving the way for then-Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him, was the right call.

“I think it was the right decision,” Biden said in an interview with the BBC News released on Wednesday. But he also admitted, “It was just a difficult decision.”

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