WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during calls with campaign staff and meetings with Democratic lawmakers and governors on Wednesday (July 3), as he sought to shake off calls for him to drop out after his shaky debate performance last week.

Biden dialled in to a call with worried members of his campaign team and told them he wasn't going anywhere, according to two sources familiar with the call.

"No one is pushing me out. I'm not leaving. I'm in this race to the end," Biden said in a separate email blast by his campaign, urging supporters to "pitch in a few bucks" to help defeat his Republican rival Donald Trump in the Nov 5 presidential election.

The president met virtually and in person with 24 Democratic governors and the mayor of Washington, DC, on Wednesday evening to reassure them he is up to the job of standard-bearer for the party after the faltering debate performance.

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