Biden Drops Out of Race, Scrambling the Campaign for the White House

Biden took a bullet for democracy.

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The president’s decision upended the race and set the stage for a raucous and unpredictable campaign unlike any in modern times, leaving Ms. Harris just over 100 days to consolidate support from Democrats, establish herself as a credible national leader and prosecute the case against Mr. Trump.

Mr. Biden announced his withdrawal after a disastrous debate performance against Mr. Trump cemented public concerns about his age and touched off widespread panic among Democrats about his ability to prevent the former president from reclaiming power.

Democratic congressional leaders petrified by dismal poll numbers pressed Mr. Biden to gracefully exit, angry donors threatened to withhold their money and down-ballot candidates feared he would take down the whole ticket.

During their nationally televised debate last month, Mr. Biden, the oldest president in American history, appeared frail, hesitant, confused and diminished, losing a critical opportunity to make his case against Mr. Trump, a convicted felon who tried to overturn the last election.

While he has spent most of his elective career seeking the political center, Mr. Biden advanced an expansive progressive agenda after taking office that his allies likened to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal or Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society.

Despite opposition by Mr. Trump and his allies, Mr. Biden secured tens of billions of dollars to arm Ukrainian forces and provide economic and humanitarian aid, although some critics have complained that he has been too slow to send the most sophisticated weaponry out of fear of escalation.

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