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Biden, who has said he intends to run for re-election but has
yet to make a formal announcement, travels regularly on weekends
to Wilmington, making it a natural place for political work
outside of the White House in Washington.
Philadelphia, home to Biden's 2020 campaign operations, has also
been under consideration, the sources said. Biden spent part of
his childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and travels regularly
to the political battleground state for events.
The president is considering at least three people for the role
of campaign manager, according to Democratic sources familiar
with the deliberations.
The candidates include Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the director of
the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and a deputy
campaign manager of Biden's 2020 campaign, Jenn Ridder, who
served as national states director for Biden's 2020 campaign,
and Sam Cornale, executive director of the Democratic National
Committee.
Senior White House advisers Mike Donilon and Anita Dunn are
expected to be closely involved in political strategy going into
the re-election as well.
Jen O'Malley Dillon, who served as Biden's campaign manager in
2020, has ruled out returning to the role in 2024, two sources
said.
Now deputy chief of staff at the White House, she will be
influential in selecting who takes the reins for the 2024 race,
one source said.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason, Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw;
Editing by Alistair Bell)
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