Biden’s Disastrous Debate Accelerates Doubts Over Candidacy

President’s performance fanned voter concerns about age
Trump brings energy, falsehoods but puts Biden on defensive

WATCH: President Joe Biden stumbled through some exchanges with former President Donald Trump during their debate in Atlanta. Jodi Schneider reports.Source: Bloomberg

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By Nancy Cook, Jordan Fabian, and Josh Wingrove

June 28, 2024 at 4:16 AM UTC

Updated on

June 28, 2024 at 11:06 AM UTC

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President Joe Biden bet that a debate with Republican Donald Trump would boost his moribund reelection campaign. His gamble failed.

A weary president looked every day of his 81 years. Instead of proving to voters that he had the stamina for another four year term, everything that could go wrong did.