As Joe Biden recovered at his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware beach house from a reported bout of COVID, he and his aides at first maintained a united front and staunchly insisted that he would remain in the presidential race despite his disastrous debate performance, halting TV interviews, and plummeting poll numbers.
Meanwhile his former opponent Donald Trump was riding high after surviving an assassination attempt and igniting much of the country with his cry to “Fight, fight!” just moments after being hit in the ear by a sniper’s bullet. That, in addition to a successful Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, which showcased a unified party, seemed to increase the sense that the momentum was all on the side of the GOP.
Through it all, the president refused to bow out gracefully and vowed to battle on, while his power-hungry wife Jill and his craven son Hunter adamantly…
