President Biden is speaking on opening night of the Democratic convention, along with failed 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton, before heading off for vacation in Santa Barbara County.
President Biden will deliver a speech he never intended Monday evening, addressing the Democratic National Convention as he attempts to pass the mantle to Vice President Kamala Harris while burnishing his own legacy as a rare one-term president who is not seeking reelection.
The speech bookends one of the more unusual months in modern American politics as Biden, 81, was nudged aside by his own party four weeks ago over concerns he lacked the vigor to defeat former President Trump.
