President Joe Biden will draw distinctions between himself and President Donald Trump during his 2024 State of the Union address, while drawing parallels between their respective ages.
“My lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy,” Biden, 81, will say Thursday, according to excerpts of his remarks as prepared for delivery provided by the White House. “A future based on the core values that have defined America: honesty, decency, dignity, equality. To respect everyone. To give everyone a fair shot. To give hate no safe harbor.”
“Now, some other people my age see a different story: an American story of resentment, revenge, and retribution. That’s not me,” he will add of Trump, 77.
While Biden is expected to use his State of the Union to defend his administration’s first term as he prepares to ask the public to support him for a second, he is under pressure from Democrats to also demonstrate he is physically and mentally ready to be president for another four years.
Aside from Trump, who after Super Tuesday this week took one step closer to becoming the 2024 Republican presumptive nominee, abortion access is similarly poised to be a prominent talking point for Biden, a message punctuated by the people invited to watch the address from first lady Jill Biden‘s box in the House of Representatives’s chamber.
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