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.

A young Sen. Joe Biden, a Democrat from Delaware, is seen in this undated photo at a press conference in Washington. His political career began in 1970, when he was elected to the New Castle County Council in Delaware at age 26. UPI File Photo

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Biden (L) and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., attend a Senate Judiaciary Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 5, 1985. UPI File Photo

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Joe Biden (R) and his wife, Jill Biden, make their way through a crowd of well-wishers and photographers to take a train to Washington after announcing his candidacy for president on June 9, 1987. UPI File Photo

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Biden (L) and Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong joke around during a press conference promoting anti-cancer legislation on Capitol Hill on September 17, 2002. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI

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