Joe Biden - latest: Trump attacks 'grossly incompetent' president - as Biden vows to stay in election race (2024)

That brings an end to our coverage of the fallout from the first presidential debate of 2024 between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

You can scroll through the blog below to catch up on what happened.

Supporters of Joe Biden at his rally in North Carolina have told our US partner network NBC News they were disappointed with his performance in yesterday's debate but are still standing behind him.

"I thought there was a debate between a good man and a bad man. So you know, the good man may have had an off night, but he’s still a better man, and I'm going to vote for him. Not a problem," said one attendee, John Burns.

Another, David Tillem, said Mr Biden's performance in the debate was "a disappointment," but he thinks he's still fit for the job.

Asked if he was the best person to lead the Democratic Party right now, Mr Tillem said, "Who else is there? That's the question. He's the one who's been out front. Can he do it? Yeah."

Former US president Bill Clinton has joined his wife Hillary in showing support for Joe Biden after he stumbled in last night's head-to-head with Donald Trump.

Mr Clinton said he would "leave the debate rating to the pundits", but said "facts and history matter" when it comes to who to vote for.

He praised Mr Biden for "three years of solid leadership" and for pulling the US "out of the quagmire that Donald Trump left us in".

"That's what’s really at stake in November," he wrote.

Jill Biden wanted to send an unsubtle message at the North Carolina rally to those worried about her husband's debate performance, a source close to her has said.

The First Lady wore a black dress adorned with the word "VOTE" all over as she supported her husband at his first public post-debate appearance.

"Her own words and her own attire as she walked out today should answer any questions about where she stands," the source said.

"She's his wife of 47 years; she is his biggest supporter, biggest champion, and biggest believer. He knows he didn't have the best first debate – which frankly is quite common among incumbent presidents who have to deal with both governing and campaigning," they added.

Donald Trump says he wants to be the president for "Americans of every background, every walk of life, every race, religion and colour".

He also says he will "make the American dream affordable again".

Trump then repeats his claim that the US had the "best economy in the history of the world" while he was in the White House.

Economists have previously said this broad claim is incorrect.

Trump's speech to the crowds in Virginia lasts well over an hour.

Donald Trump repeats his claim that the 2020 election was "rigged", without providing evidence.

He says he wouldn't have run against Joe Biden if he was a "great president".

"If he's doing a great job that's so important I wouldn't have run, I wouldn't be going through all this stuff..."

Trump then says being on the election campaign is "better than sitting at home watching television" or "being on some magnificent island" that he owns.

He later asks the crowd to entering a cheering match for his choice of nicknames for the current president: "Crooked Joe Biden, or Sleepy Joe Biden."

Donald Trump says Joe Biden's policies are causing "America's decline at a level we've never seen before".

Making a reference to his time hosting the US version of The Apprentice, Trump says voters are going to tell Mr Biden in November: "You're fired, get out of here."

This one gets a big cheer from the crowd.

He tells his supporters he doesn't believe the US president will drop out, before criticising other Democrats rumoured as possible candidates.

Trump then takes aim at Mr Biden's policies on immigration, abortion rights and climate change.

The election is a choice between "strength and weakness, competence and incompetence... war or no war," Donald Trump tells his supporters in Virginia.

He claims to be the "only president in many decades" that did not start a war - and adds that he "beat ISIS".

Trump also says that the world has never been "so close to World War Three before".

"This will be a war like no other," he says.

Trump says voters will need to decide between "a president who puts America first" or a "trainwreck who puts America last".

The former president reiterates his campaign slogan that a vote for him would "make America great again".

He says it's not about "whether Joe Biden can survive a 90-minute debate performance, but whether American can survive four more years of crooked Biden in the White House".

Donald Trump attracts roaring applause as he starts his speech by saying: "Did anybody last night watch a thing called a debate?"

Trump then goes on the immediate attack against Joe Biden, saying he secured a "big victory" against a man who "is looking to destroy our country".

"He's the worst, he's the most corrupt, the most incompetent president in the history of our country," he says.

Trump refers to the Democratic Party as "evil".

He pokes fun at Mr Biden, saying he "studied so hard" before the debate that he "didn't know what he was doing".

The former president then says Mr Biden is "grossly incompetent", saying he is "not respected" around the world and is causing the US to be "laughed at".

Donald Trump has arrived at his campaign rally in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he will make a speech to his supporters.

It comes after Joe Biden's stumbling performance in last night's debateleft a large majority of American viewers believing that he came out on top.

We'll bring you the key moments here in the blog.