# What's going on with Biden, since the Veep announcement? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 9, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490 "2024-08-09T18:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/1 "2024-08-09T18:57:41Z")
I just haven’t heard or seen anything from him. Has he commented on it? Is he still acting president? What’s going on with him, anyway? Maybe I’m not looking in the right places. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/2 "2024-08-09T19:04:09Z")
He has an interview on CBS Sunday Morning this Sunday. It’s his first interview since dropping out. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Is he still acting president? He’s still **president** (no acting about it). He hasn’t resigned. And he just did the prisoner swap with Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/3 "2024-08-09T19:10:11Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > s he still acting president? He had a pretty public appearance at Joint Base Andrews when his prisoner exchange went through. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/4 "2024-08-09T19:13:13Z")
Yeah, essentially now that he dropped out he can focus on the actual job of being POTUS without having to campaign anymore, which includes getting political prisoners out of Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/5 "2024-08-09T19:14:42Z")
He made a pretty major announcement about his proposals for Supreme Court reform. Honestly, given that we seem to exist in a state of perpetual election campaigning now, maybe one-term Presidencies should just be the norm, so they can do the job without distraction. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/6 "2024-08-09T19:23:33Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Yeah, essentially now that he dropped out he can focus on the actual job of being POTUS without having to campaign anymore, which includes getting political prisoners out of Russia. Yep- he just isnt that much in the headlines. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/7 "2024-08-09T19:26:29Z")
He had a helluva time dying and resurrecting! It did not even take him the customary three days. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/8 "2024-08-09T22:19:58Z")
LOL! During his illness, there were indeed rumors that he was dead and the family hadn’t announced it yet. It would be pretty hard to cover THAT up, for a gazillion reasons. Thanks, everyone, for the updates. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/9 "2024-08-09T23:02:25Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > It would be pretty hard to cover THAT up, for a gazillion reasons. This documentary (my favorite “political” movie) begs to differ: > **[Dave (1993) ⭐ 6.9 | Comedy, Romance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106673/)** > > 1h 50m | PG-13 If Mark Kelly ever becomes president it would be even easier. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/10 "2024-08-09T23:07:57Z")
Or, for that matter, either of the Castro brothers, Juan or Julian. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/11 "2024-08-10T00:01:54Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > This documentary (my favorite “political” movie) begs to differ: > > [Dave (1993) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106673/) _ahem_ fictional _ahem_ ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/12 "2024-08-10T03:22:54Z")
When Kamala Harris becomes President, I want Joe Biden to get a Medal of Freedom or Nobel Peace Prize or _something_ for saving the US from DJT : _ **twice** _ I am not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/13 "2024-08-10T17:38:04Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > _ahem_ fictional _ahem_ Whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/14 "2024-08-10T17:58:34Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > _ahem_ fictional _ahem_ Obviously. Did you really think they were being serious? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/15 "2024-08-10T20:01:34Z")
Of course Biden will be celebrated some at the DNC and will in turn celebrate the Harris-Walz ticket. Will he do any other campaigning for the ticket? Should he? Of course the best thing he could do for the ticket is get an Israeli Hamas ceasefire across the line, and help the region avoid an all out war involving Iran. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/16 "2024-08-10T20:33:19Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Obviously. Did you really think they were being serious? _“nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people”_ (actual quote was more like- H. L. Mencken-"_No one in this world, so far as I know … has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people"_) > **[nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people...](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nobody_ever_went_broke_underestimating_the_intelligence_of_the_American_people)** > [@DSeid](#): > > Of course the best thing he could do for the ticket is get an Israeli Hamas ceasefire across the line, How? Hamas has rejected two UN ceasefire proposals. Not even the President of the USA can make them agree. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/17 "2024-08-10T20:42:23Z")
My limited understanding is that the obstacle now is on the Israeli side. Not a subject to debate here though. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/18 "2024-08-10T21:28:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > essentially now that he dropped out he can focus on the actual job of being POTUS without having to campaign anymore, which includes getting political prisoners out of Russia. And, I expect, trying his damndest to negotiate a Middle East ceasefire. Something which would have to be done in a very non-public fashion up until / unless it reached the point of public announcement of success. – I see others in the thread have had similar thoughts; but I’ll post this anyway because of the point that such negotiations can’t very well be public while in process. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/19 "2024-08-11T03:38:35Z")
Biden’s also doing a darn good job with the economy, basically getting us to a ‘soft landing’ and avoiding a recession, and now getting inflation going down. Continuing that is probably the best campaigning he could do for the Democratic side. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490/20 "2024-08-11T11:05:48Z")
Provided people hear about it and agrese, true. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-biden-since-the-veep-announcement/1005490.md?page=2)