Debate to depar­ture: Time­line of Biden’s reelec­tion cam­paign falling apart

Debate to departure: Timeline of Biden’s reelection campaign falling apart

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden final­ly heed­ed pub­lic advice from near­ly 40 Demo­c­ra­t­ic law­mak­ers and donors’ pri­vate wish­es by sus­pend­ing his reelec­tion cam­paign on Sun­day, the end of a month­long saga that had many hold­ing their breath and shak­ing their heads.
Biden stayed in the race even after months of signs show­ing his phys­i­cal fit­ness and men­tal fac­ul­ties were in decline, caus­ing many Democ­rats to beg him to pass the torch on to a new can­di­date ever since the June 27 pres­i­den­tial debate.
The pres­i­dent endorsed Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris, his run­ning mate and stat­ed suc­ces­sor, in his cam­paign sus­pen­sion state­ment on Sun­day.
With a few weeks until the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al Con­ven­tion, eyes will be on the Democ­rats as they scra …