Joe Biden and the Democrats’ dilemma – podcast
Since Biden’s poor performance in first TV debate against Donald Trump, his place on the ballot has been under threat. Joan E Greve reports
Since Joe Biden’s stumbling performance in a TV debate with Donald Trump, some Democrats have expressed concern about his suitability to be in the race.
“Voters have been voicing concerns about his age for a long time now,” senior political reporter for Guardian US Joan E Greve tells Helen Pidd. “If Democrats were going to have this argument about potentially replacing Biden on the ballot, it probably needed to happen a while ago.”
What chance is there that Biden will step aside? And is it a risk to the Democrats if he does?
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