Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes that President Joe Biden won’t even try to compete in the New Hampshire or Iowa primaries next year because he can’t “control the results” in those states.

During an interview on “The Michael Smerconish Program” on SiriusXM, Kennedy expressed his belief that Biden has historically faced challenges in those states, which could lead him to prioritize others to kickstart his campaign. Kennedy also suggested that the president may choose to wait and focus on states where he has a stronger chance of securing victory, such as South Carolina.

“I think that President Biden is not going to even put his name in Iowa and New Hampshire. So I think he’s not even going to compete,” Kennedy predicted in his interview with Smerconish. “I think that he did not want to compete in New Hampshire, and he wants to go to a state where they … can control the results more.”

Kennedy recalled Biden’s performance in the 2020 primaries to support his point. In the Iowa caucus, Biden came in fourth position with 15.8 percent support, trailing behind Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. Similarly, in New Hampshire, Biden finished fifth, with Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Elizabeth Warren ahead of him.

“I think that he has never done well in New Hampshire, and I think he came in fifth in New Hampshire the last time. That’s my memory,” Kennedy said.

Regarding his path to victory for the 2024 nomination, Kennedy said, “I have to win the primaries.”

Following his losses in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada during the 2020 election season, Biden achieved his first victory in South Carolina with 47 percent of the vote. The significant win has often been attributed to the endorsement of South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn, which played a crucial role in revitalizing Biden’s campaign, as reported by The Hill.

Kennedy announced his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president in mid-April. At the time, he vowed to “end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is threatening now to impose a new kind of corporate feudalism on our country.”

While considered a longshot candidate, Kennedy has been polling favorably in recent times when compared to the incumbent president. According to a CNN poll released two weeks ago, Kennedy garnered 20 percent support, indicating a notable level of backing.

In the same poll, 60 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters expressed their support for Biden. But the same poll also revealed a decline in the president’s favorable views over the preceding six months.

Self-help guru Marianne Williamson is also running for the Democratic nominee, but she’s only polling in the high single digits.