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 his work to rebuild manufacturing in America from the South Court Auditorium at the White House on February 8, 2021. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI

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Biden (C) walks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (L) as they arrive for the North American Leaders' Summit at the White House on November 18, 2021. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI

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Biden pays his respects as former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as he lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on January 12, 2022. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI

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Biden signs into law H.R. 4445, the "Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021" in the East Room at the White House on March 3, 2022. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI

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