Trump trails 2024 run on eve of US midterm election

Former US president Donald Trump rallied in Florida and made his final appeal to voters in Dayton, Ohio

Joe Biden and Donald Trump headlined the last day of campaigning ahead of a midterm election that will shape the rest of the US president's term -- and could pave the way for a White House comeback by his predecessor

Donald Trump grabbed the election eve spotlight on Monday to flag an expected announcement on a new White House run, as America prepares to vote in midterms that polls show could land Congress back under Republican control.

Despite facing criminal probes over taking top secret documents from the White House and trying to overturn the 2020 election, Trump is now using the midterms to cement his status as the de facto Republican leader and presumptive presidential nominee.