Former President Joe Biden isn’t exactly a beloved figure among Democratic Party members these days.

Many blame him for the return of President Donald Trump to the White House in 2024, after beating the Republican incumbent four years earlier. The politically vicious downward spiral for Democrats had begun with Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate performance against Trump, followed by the failure of Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris, to close the deal in a 107-day “vibes”-based campaign as the stand-in Democratic nominee.