Washington: United States President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump will be kicking off the first US presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years.
Both, Biden and Trump, won their parties' nomination on Tuesday.
Biden successfully passed the 1,968 delegates required for the nomination, as results from the primary contest in Georgia, Mississippi, Washington state, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Democrats living aboard began to emerge.
Meanwhile, Trump secured the 1,215 delegates needed for the Republican presidential nomination in four states, including Georgia, where he faces criminal charges for overturning the state's 2020 results.
The contests took place in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington.
Biden issued a statement after he sealed the Democratic nomination, taking aim at what he called Trump’s “campaign of resentment, revenge, and retribution that threatens the very idea of America.”
“Voters now have a choice to make about the future of this country. Are we going to stand up and defend our democracy or let others tear it down? Will we restore the right to choose and protect our freedoms or let extremists take them away?" he said.
Biden also faced opposition in the Democratic primary campaign, but liberal activists' dissatisfaction with his support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza led a significant minority of Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in protest.
