Biden also became the incumbent president, who later took the step of abandoning the election campaign, considering the other two who did it in the past are also democrats Harry Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson, they did it during month of March.

Truman and Johnson They announced their decision in the middle decline in popularitypartly because The role of the United States in the wars in Korea (1950–1953) and Vietnam (1955–1975), accordingly, and up to pressure from the fact that the Democratic Party may ultimately lose the election, although the fact that they broke up In both cases, this did not prevent the Republican victory.

Truman, the first to leave

Thus, Truman, Who was he? the last president who could run for more than two terms, before an amendment was made to eliminate this possibility, announced in March 1952 that he would not participate in the elections. after his defeat in the New Hampshire primary and the fact that Polls gave him about 20 percent popular support.

“I have served my country for a long time and I believe I have done so effectively and honorably.”said the president, who He entered the White House in April 1945.when he took office as president after the death Franklin Delano Roosevelt, of which he was vice-president for several months that year.

Truman’s Decisionwhich was previously Senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945, previously considered the possibility of not appearing before little chance of success that polls gave him an advantage over Republicans Dwight Eisenhower who will finally triumph over Adlai Stevenson which was created with the support of Democratic Party and who enjoyed the support of the president himself during his election campaign.

Stevenson He presented himself as a rival again Eisenhower in the 1956 election wherein The Republican won re-election. In both cases Democratic candidate loses by a landslide and although he tried to run for a third candidate, he was eventually replaced as the Democratic Party’s representative John Fitzgerald Kennedy who will win in 1960.

The Johnson Case

More precisely, a substitute Kennedy, who became pthe youngest person to be elected president of the United Statesin the White House after his 1963 Dallas Murder, Johnsonit would bethe second sitting president to drop out of the race before seeking re-election to a second full term.

Johnson, WHO He began his mandate in 1963. after take the oath of office aboard Air Force One two hours later Kennedy assassinationwon the election held a year later, in which received the highest percentage of votes received by a candidate in history, with 61.1 percent, ahead of Republicans Barry Goldwater.

However, His popularity was rapidly declining. due to stagnation The Vietnam War, which made him think about the possibility from the end of 1967 not to run for re-electionpartly because of his concern for his family, although his family and some of his advisers advised him otherwise.

Finally, Johnson announced in late March 1968 that he “would not seek or accept the nomination” of the Democratic Party. for a new mandate, which, on the other hand, again raised his popularity. Finally, the one chosen to train him was Hubert Humphrey, who was defeated by the Republican Party Richard Nixon by a small margin.

Trump, the oldest candidate

Biden’s decision also means that Trump Becomes Oldest White House Candidate Forever and anywhere Harris or someone younger than the former president who will replace biden at the head of the Democratic Party candidate.

Concerns about Biden’s Age were at the center of controversy surrounding his candidacy, so his decision and his rreplace with someone younger I would deactivate this part of the campaign strategy. Trump.

In fact, only Biden and Trump were both over 70 when they took office. although 12 American presidents have broken the 60-year barrier. In this case, Trump himself is older than Biden andat the moment when he will run for president in 2020 and also become the oldest president in the country’s historyin case of victory.

The tycoon, who was in May found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of a conspiracy in which he attempted to conceal a $130,000 payment to a former porn actress known as Stormy Daniels buy your silence after maintenance extramarital affairs, This also complements the list Six former presidents who tried to return to the White House after losing the election.

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So Trump will try to imitate Grover Cleveland the only former president who managed to return to the White House after losing an attempt to confirm his mandate. Cleveland, the first Democrat to win the presidency since Civil WarHe served as president from 1885 to 1889, and his second term was from 1893 to 1897 after four years as president. Benjamin Harrison at the head of the country.

Against, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses Grant, Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover failed in the elections in their attempts to return to the presidencyincluding two losses from Van Buren, who led the United States between 1837 and 1841 before being defeated in 1844 and 1848.

From this list, Van Buren, Fillmore, Grant and Cleveland were presidents in the 19th century, and Roosevelt (1901-1909, with an attempt to return in 1912) and vacuum cleaner (1929-1933, with a new candidacy in 1940) They were the only ones to try it in the 20th century.

trumpjoins that list more than 80 years later as The main focus of the Republican Party.

(according to information from Europe Press)