(The Hill) — Former President Biden said Friday that he does not have regrets in deciding to run for reelection in 2024 and argued that other Democrats did not challenge him in the party’s primary because they knew they would have lost.

Asked about concerns from Democrats over whether he should have stepped aside earlier, the former president brushed off the criticism.

“Why didn’t they run against me then?” Biden told reporters on Friday in New Castle, Del. “Because I would’ve beaten them.”

Biden announced in late April of 2023 that he would run again — but his reelection bid was marred with questions about his advanced age and skepticism around his ability to perform the duties of the president for another four years.

He withdrew from the race on July 21, 2024, less than a month after

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