Welcome back to your weekly update on US politics, where North America bureau chief Jade Macmillan catches you up on the biggest developments in America as we hurtle towards election day in November.
"I know there is a time and a place for long years of experience in public life," Biden said in a televised address to the nation. And in an election in which he argues democracy itself is on the line, the president sought to frame his decision as being bigger than "personal ambition". The US remains Israel's most important ally and has sent the country billions of dollars of military assistance, even as Biden has at times criticised Netanyahu's approach to the war.
"To everyone who has been calling for a ceasefire, and to everyone who yearns for peace, I see you and I hear you," she said.Netanyahu is also looking ahead to the possibility of a second Trump administration, with plans to meet the former president at his Mar-a-lago property in Florida on his way home.
At a rally in North Carolina, held just before Biden's national address, the former president repeatedly pronounced her name incorrectly (And in that same Fox interview on Thursday, he hit back at the vice-president's criticisms as "disgusting"."And I'd love to be nice but I'm dealing against real garbage."
Some analysts are sceptical of the idea that a vice-presidential pick can influence the outcome in particular states, instead arguing theyand Harris's campaign will be weighing up how they'd fare against Trump's newly announced number two, JD Vance.At 39 years old, the Ohio senator is much younger than Trump and has emphasised his "Rust Belt" upbringing in a way their campaign hopes will connect with working class voters.