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[Global Network Report] According to Bloomberg on the 17th, in the face of continued doubts about his ability to serve, US President Biden said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday (17th) that if he wins a second term but cannot complete his term due to health reasons, he is willing to hand over power to Vice President Harris. But he also said that he would not consider the possibility of this happening.

On July 14, in Washington, DC, US President Biden and US Vice President Harris (left) were in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Source: US media report

According to reports, in an interview with Black Entertainment Television (BET), Biden was asked if he would consider becoming a "transition figure" and then handing over the presidency to Harris in two years. In response, he said, "Unless someone tells me that I have some health problems, but that's not the case."

It is worth noting that the US media had previously released other statements made by Biden in the above media interviews, including being asked what factors would prompt him to re-evaluate his decision to continue to run for office. In response, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Russian Satellite News Agency and other media, Biden replied that it was a health issue, "If something happened to my body, if the doctor came to me and said, 'You have this problem, you have that problem'." However, the report said that Biden also said that he was "unwilling to give up."

According to previous reports, Biden performed poorly in the first presidential election televised debate with Trump on June 27, and since then there have been calls for him to withdraw from the Democratic Party and the media. In recent days, a series of Democratic lawmakers and "financial backers" have called on Biden to give up his re-election campaign. Biden has repeatedly refused and tried to quell the "civil unrest" by accepting interviews and writing letters to congressional Democrats. Some observers say that private concerns within the Democratic Party are slowly becoming public, but Biden also has firm supporters within the party. For Biden and the Democratic Party, this is a critical moment.