Biden, who served as president from 2021 to 2025, abruptly ended his re-election bid final July, weeks after a halting efficiency throughout a debate towards Republican candidate Donald Trump prompted panic amongst his fellow Democrats.
Harris took over because the celebration’s nominee however misplaced in November to Trump.
Biden’s bodily well being and psychological acuity drew intense media scrutiny even earlier than the talk. On the time of his election, Biden was the oldest individual to win the presidency.
Trump, 78, broke that file when he defeated Harris final yr.
Some distinguished Democrats have just lately acknowledged that it was an error to advance Biden because the nominee, given widespread issues amongst voters about his age. Lengthy earlier than the talk, Reuters/Ipsos polls confirmed a majority of Individuals, together with most Democrats, believed Biden was too outdated to serve a second time period.
“It was a mistake for Democrats to not hearken to the voters earlier,” Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy informed NBC Information’ Meet the Press on Sunday morning, earlier than Biden’s prognosis was introduced.
Biden misplaced a son, Beau Biden, in 2015 as a result of mind most cancers.
In 2022, Biden revived an Obama-era program often known as Most cancers Moonshot, looking for to cut back the dying price from most cancers by at the least 50 per cent over the following 25 years.
