US election 2024 race was by and large headlined by Republican Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and Vice-President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris. However, Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr has suddenly hogged all the limelight.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to drop out of the race for the White House, US media reported on Wednesday, with the independent candidate due to make a major address later in the week.
However, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign said on Wednesday that he would address the nation on Friday in Arizona, where he will talk about «the present historical moment and his path forward.» Kennedy is planning to drop out of the election and endorse Trump, but that hinges on whether the Republican offers Kennedy «and others» a position in the White House if elected, Larry Sharpe, outreach director with American Values 2024, told Reuters.
70-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the son of late Democratic politician Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy
Kennedy Jr started his presidential campaign as a Democrat, challenging President Joe Biden for the nomination. An environmental advocate who has spread vaccine misinformation, Kennedy has yet to qualify for the ballot in many states, as per Reuters report.
Known for sometimes bizarre pronouncements and for spreading often dangerous health-related conspiracy theories, Kennedy has faced a number of setbacks in his electoral campaign, as per a Reuters