Why Joe Biden has dropped out of the presidential race

Joe Biden has withdrawn from the race for the US presidency, an extraordinary decision upending American politics, that plunges the Democratic nomination into uncertainty just months before the November election against Donald Trump, a candidate he has warned is an existential threat to US democracy.

Biden thanked the vice-president, Kamala Harris, in a letter announcing his decision, and later endorsed her as the Democratic nominee for president in a tweet. In this video the Guardian US's politics correspondent, Lauren Gambino, explains why Biden has ultimately decided to step aside

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[NoWindNoSunNoPower]

He’s put himself forward as a replacement.

[Budanevey]

We've been unBidened by what has been...

[Budanevey]

We've probably found out before Joe did...

[mrradman]

He was on course to lose by a landslide.
That is why he has been forced out in such humiliating fashion.

[HeathenMonk]

It isn't his age, it's his failing mind. All the gaslighting in the world couldn't change that.

[Mermiam]

Because he's a corpse and they know he can't win. It's not something that needs explaining just eyes.

[livelearnandteach]

Lets all pretend they only just decided this. Like we pretend lots of things these days.

[oweng]

Are you still trying to pretend you haven’t known he’s been a dribbling dementia patient for 3 years.

[octaviusball]

It's called dementia. Just say it.

[rossow]

Nobody said he is "too old". They said he is in a serious state of cognitive decline.

[danDlion]

The world is in the toilet, the chain has just been yanked

[adriennewalker]

A supportive and caring wife would NEVER have allowed him to throw his cap in the ring in the first place.

[jamallaaib]

Answer, because he's too old and has Dementia and Alzheimer's

[richarddavis]

Wow, we never knew any of that. Brilliant reporting.

[Peenos]

"the assassination didn't work??.. fk it I'm retiring then"

[adys]

Is there ANY genuine journalism anymore, or is absolutely disingenuous bull.

[booshting]

If Weeknd At Bernies was a presidency 😅

[pallasathena]

However did they ever think this state of him was acceptable for so long? Were they hoping nobody would notice????

[Lowkeyme-sw]

The senility, that’s quite apparent in his memory loss and impaired cognitive reasoning led to this decision.

[MrSonicAdvance]

The guy's senile, that's why he's been pulled.