Looking Beyond Biden: Potential Successors in the 2024 Election

Currently, Joe Biden holds the record as the oldest President of the United States. If reelected, he would be 82 years old at his inauguration in January 2025.

The choice to run for a second term was received with a lukewarm response from Democrat voters, and numbers haven't exactly improved, with Reuters reporting that only 36% of people approved of Joe Biden by May 2024.

Right now, unless something major disrupts either candidate, it's a given that November will be a rematch between Trump and Biden. However, the winner isn't so clear.

Many people across the political spectrum are wondering if Joe Biden wasn't the Democratic candidate, then who?

The Democratic National Convention will pick the party's candidate this August in Chicago. However, here are a few alternatives that could be successful to succeeding Biden.

According to Business Insider, the most obvious choice is Vice President Kamala Harris. An African-American woman who is two decades younger than the current US President could definitely present a fresh face to the campaign.

The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is the other 2020 Democratic primary candidate to be part of the Biden Administration with Kamala Harris. Though, many people question if America is ready for having its first gay president.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is another favorite to eventually race for the White House. According to British newspaper The Guardian, the San Francisco-born politician was seen as running a “shadow campaign” while claiming that he would not seek to run.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been reported by Business Insider and other news outlets as a strong candidate to for president with the Democratic ticket, moderate appeal and Midwestern insight.

New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is certainly a popular name among younger voters, but as she herself has admitted in a GQ interview, she feels pessimism about attracting a broader appeal across the country.

Although Biden will run in 2024, a few of these names are probably already getting ready for 2028.

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