Newsinc24 Team 
US President Joe Biden confirmed on Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. 'She is going to be my running mate," Biden said of Harris during a press conference in Washington. Harris, the first woman and person of color to be elected US vice president, has seen her approval ratings plunge since she entered office.In mid-December, Harris said she and Biden had not yet discussed the 2024 election, amid speculation she may not be in the running for the White House if Biden chose not to stand again. Biden's remarks come after Harris dismissed a question about whether she'd be on the ticket in 2024 in an interview with NBC last week, following an op-ed that floated Biden picking Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming to replace Harris.
Biden is pressing Congress to pass two major bills broadening access to the ballot box, placing more onerous conditions on states attempting to change voting laws and protecting election officials from undue influence. Democrats and voting rights activists have championed the measures as a necessary response to Republican efforts to restrict voting, especially among Black and Latino Americans. The President has been adamant that he will run for reelection in 2024, despite the fact that he will be 81 years old on Election Day. Biden is already the oldest person in US history to be inaugurated as president.
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