Joe Biden announced this Sunday that he was leaving his race to be re-elected president of the United States after the multitude of criticisms that came from within his own party that began to be seen after the debate between the Democratic candidate and the Republican, Donald Trump. With the promise of addressing the nation in the following hours, the decision of the still American president leaves some questions, which are collected in the video above by journalists Sandro Pozzi and Emilio Doménech.

A new candidate, the way he is selected, and a refocus on the message present an uncertain scenario in an election campaign that is only a month away from starting. However, the Democratic Party Convention which is scheduled to start on August 19 in Chicago, Illinois.

It is true that in the letter sent by Biden This shows his gratitude “to Vice President Kamala Harris for being an extraordinary partner in all this work,” however, it does not make clear if she is the one who will take over in this uncertain race to the White House. Although, yes, minutes later Biden published a message on the social network X in which he offered his “support and backing” for Harris to “be our party’s nominee this year.” The options, however, are more numerous.

On the one hand, there is the option of Biden officially naming Harris as his successor, thus forcing her to nominate a new candidate; and on the other hand, there is also the path to a ‘mini-primary’. An option that was already proposed by the former Democratic Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. The veteran politician advocated this path in order to avoid the Democratic Convention looking anything other than like a coronation.

The time they have in the party is consolidated as the great unknown, since it is not only the selection of a candidate to continue in the White House, but also that of the Four thousand delegates who are, in turn, those who must support or not the candidate nominated during the party’s Convention. These delegates Biden already had, but in no case will they be transferred to Harris, so she would have to find her own.

Beyond the candidate, the Democratic Party now has to make another decision: how to restructure the electoral campaign, whether in ideological terms, as well as in reference to the messages to be conveyedFor example, they should take a position on whether to continue to emphasize the achievements during Joe Biden’s time in the White House as president.