Could Biden drop out of the race? Can Trump run if he’s convicted? Your 2024 election questions, answered.

拜登会退出竞选吗? 如果特朗普被定罪,他还能参选吗? 您的 2024 年选举问题已得到解答。

Apple News In Conversation

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2024-03-01

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Guest-hosted by Brian Stelter: This year’s presidential election is unprecedented for many reasons. Republican front-runner and former president Donald Trump is facing 91 criminal charges in four separate trials. President Joe Biden, the presumed Democratic nominee, is facing serious criticisms over his age. Guest host Brian Stelter sat down with New Yorker staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos, who also cohost The Political Scene podcast. He asks whether backup plans exist for either candidate, what the rules are around electing someone convicted of a crime, and why this campaign cycle is sure to be unlike any other.
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  • This is in conversation from Apple News.

  • Today, the most pressing 2024 election questions answered.

  • Hi there.

  • I'm Brian Stelter.

  • For the next month, I'm going to be sitting in for Shumita while she's out on maternity leave.

  • For years,

  • I was a media reporter at the New York Times and then the anchor of CNN's Reliable Sources.

  • Now I'm a special correspondent at Vanity Fair.

  • And my beat has always touched on media, politics and elections.

  • So that's going to be my focus for the next few weeks.

  • For this episode,

  • we are getting answers to some unavoidable questions about the upcoming presidential election.

  • This election year feels really unusual for so many reasons.

  • The two likely nominees are the same two candidates who faced off in the last election.

  • One of those candidates, former President Donald Trump,

  • is facing 91 criminal charges in four separate cases.

  • And both men are the oldest presumptive nominees this country has ever had.

  • Though President Joe Biden, who is a few years older than Trump,

  • seems to be facing a lot more scrutiny on that front.

  • All of these variables are leading