Americans woke up Monday to an upended presidential campaign after President Joe Biden dropped his troubled reelection bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor in the Democratic Party’s race to stop Donald Trump from regaining the White House.
Biden, 81, who faced a wellspring of pressure to leave the race after he appeared disoriented at a televised debate with Trump last month, passed the torch to Harris, 59, who soon announced her bid for the party’s nomination. Behind the scenes, the Biden campaign machine switched gears to benefit the vice president.