WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden reaffirmed during a high-stakes press conference Thursday that he won't drop out of the 2024 election, remaining resolute in the face of a growing faction of his own party that doesn't want him to be their presidential nominee.
"I'm not in this for my legacy. I'm in this to complete the job that I started," Biden said at a rare solo press conference with his nomination and five decades in politics on the line.
A defiant Biden, 81, faced a barrage of questions about his fitness and gave occasional unclear answers, rejecting claims that his mental acuity is slipping amid the mounting pressure from Democrats to end his campaign.
"If I slow down and can't get the job done, that's a sign I shouldn't be doing it, but there's no indication of that yet, none," said Biden, whose voice was faint and raspy during stretches of the nearly one-hour appearance and loud and clear at other moments.