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Flagging Biden launches ad blitz to counter Trump

The US president is flooding the airwaves well before the election, as voters worry about his age and economic credentials, and as Donald Trump soars in the polls.

Jordan Fabian, Stephanie Lai and Bill Allison

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Washington | Joe Biden’s re-election team is outspending his Republican rivals on advertising, with a multimillion-dollar campaign a year before the 2024 election, highlighting the president’s challenges with voters.

At 80, Biden is the oldest US president and polls show Americans harbour serious doubts about his fitness to serve another four years. Despite signing several bills into law funding infrastructure, semiconductor innovation and renewable energy production, most people don’t know about Biden’s achievements and many worry about the US economy.

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