Biden vs Trump in 2024? Voters don’t seem overjoyed at the prospect

Voters may end up having to choose between the two (so far) single-term presidents, writes Chris Stevenson – but they don’t have to like it

Donald Trump, left, could go up against incumbent president Joe Biden (AP)

A Joe Biden vs Donald Trump contest in 2024? It seems voters may not be so enamoured with the idea of a rerun of the 2020 presidential election.

A number of behind-closed-doors meetings took place at the White House this week, in which – according to NBC News – Democratic strategists and activists were given a message: spread the gospel about the president’s record in office. This suggests that Biden could be preparing to run again. Meanwhile, the congressional committee looking into the circumstances surrounding the US Capitol riot on 6 January 2021 is reported to be preparing to vote on whether to ask the Department of Justice to pursue criminal charges against Trump.

The former president has consistently rejected the picture painted by the committee, which has suggested that his involvement was central to what took place. But whatever the outcome when its members convene on Monday, it is another controversy in a re-election campaign that can at best be described as tepid.