President Joe Biden's quest for second term follows 50 years in politics (65 images)

By Wade Sheridan

President Joe Biden has officially announced that he is seeking re-election in 2024. Biden has served in government for 50 years. A former U.S. senator, he served as vice president under President Barack Obama. Now 80, Biden became the oldest president ever to assume office in 2021.

Biden delivers remarks on the coronavirus in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

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Biden speaks via video as family and guests attend the funeral service for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston on June 9, 2020, in Houston. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Pool Photo by David J. Phillip/UPI

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Biden is seen in a video feed from Delaware being applauded by his wife and grandchildren after winning the votes to become the Democratic Party's nominee for president during the second night of the Democratic National Convention as seen at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee on August 18, 2020. Pool Photo by Brian Snyder/UPI

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Biden greets supporters outside the Greensburg Depot, one of his stops on the "Build Back Better" train tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania in Greensburg, Pa., on September 30, 2020. Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI

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