President Biden is poised to deliver the headline speech of the night at the Democratic National Convention Monday, but he won’t be staying in the Windy City for long.
President Biden is poised to deliver the headline speech of the night at the Democratic National Convention Monday, but he won’t be staying in the Windy City for long.
After his night-time speech, in which he is expected to “pass the baton” onto Vice President Kamala Harris, 59, Biden, 81, will trek out over 2,000 miles west to Santa Ynez, Calif., where he will stay until Sunday, according to the White House schedule.
The timing of his reported family vacation means that the highest-ranking elected Democrat in the country won’t be present for the remainder of his party’s convention this week.
In doing so, he will avoid any risk of upstaging Harris in her hometown of Chicago, though it’s not clear that he would’ve outshined her. Last week, audience members began leaving a joint Maryland event between the duo after Biden took the podium.
The trip to California also comes against the backdrop of Biden being pressured out of the Democratic nomination for president amid a mutiny from his own party sparked by frantic concerns about his fumbling debate performance against former President Donald Trump in late June.
Almost a month ago, this was poised to be Biden’s big week. He formally dropped out of the race on July 21, a month ago from this Wednesday.
