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 smiles as he takes questions in the State Dining Room of the White House on November 9, 2022. Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI

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Biden (R) and former President Bill Clinton attend an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act in the East Room of the White House on February 2, 2023. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI

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Biden (C) delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress alongside Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., at the U.S. Capitol on February 7, 2023. Pool Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/UPI

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Biden (R) honors actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus during the Arts and Humanities Award Ceremony in The East Room of The White House in Washington on March 21, 2023. Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI

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