THE BIDEN BLINDSIDE

Following weeks of crisis talks and a growing tidal wave of Democrats and allies saying the writing was on the wall, Joe Biden's earth-shattering decision to withdraw from the presidential race was last-minute. The 81-year-old president was isolating with COVID in his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home when he and his shrinking inner circle composed a letter saying it was his time to step aside. Donors had pulled millions of dollars in funds, the list of Democrats telling him to step aside was growing by the day and polls suggested that his chance of beating Donald Trump was dwindling after his disastrous debate performance.