Robert F. Kennedy Jr has dropped out of the US presidential race and at the same time officially endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency.

Announcing his decision on 23 August, Kennedy, who is often known as RFK, described how his involvement in the presidential race has been “a spiritual journey for me” and that the difficult decision to pull out of the race and to endorse Trump had involved "deep prayer”.

In addition to backing Trump, Kennedy gave a scathing assessment of the Democratic Party and its presidential nominee Kamala Harris.