More Democrats Call on Biden to Step Aside: Live Updates

The end may be nigh for Joe Biden’s reelection bid amid rising momentum within the Democratic Party against him staying in the race. While Biden and his top aides maintain he won’t step aside, more and more Democratic lawmakers are now publicly calling for him to drop out, and a multiple reports suggest that top Democratic leaders have been privately working to convince him of the same. While Biden’s disastrous debate triggered this crisis, what’s lingered is the now widespread belief among party insiders that he has no viable path to defeating Donald Trump. There are also unconfirmed reports that Biden himself may be coming to terms with his own inviability. Below are live updates on this developing story as it plays out.