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Biden: Withdrawing from 2024 race earlier 'wouldn't have mattered'

Former US President Joe Biden has said he has no regrets for withdrawing from the 2024 presidential election when he did - adding that the outcome of the vote would not have been any different if he had made the decision any earlier.

The Democrat dropped out less than four months before the November poll - which was won by Donald Trump for the rival Republican Party.

When asked by BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether he should have left sooner to allow more time for a replacement to be chosen, he said: "I don't think it would have mattered."

On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, and in his first interview since leaving the White House, Biden explained: "Things moved so quickly that it made it difficult to walk away. And it was a hard decision."

He added: "I think it was the right decision. I think that… it was just a difficult decision."

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