Biden leans on family with political future at risk

President Biden is increasingly leaning on his family while navigating calls from fellow Democrats to end his 2024 candidacy.

Jill Biden and Hunter Biden serve as some of the president’s closest inner circle of confidants, with a public focus shifting on them since his dismal debate performance last week. While the first lady is seen as the only person who could convince Biden to drop out of the race, the first son was also in a meeting with advisers to help with postdebate fallout.

The Biden family was together at Camp David the weekend after the debate. When they returned to Washington on Monday, Hunter Biden entered the White House, joining his father as he has done from time to time since 2021.

The White House later confirmed that Hunter Biden helped his father postdebate and also joined the meeting to prepare the president for his speech about the Supreme Court immunity decision later that day, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

The close-knit Biden family, Jill Biden and Hunter Biden, are known for their loyalty and protectiveness of the president. The president leaning on them during a crisis, like ongoing calls for him to drop out of the race following a dismal debate performance, is evident of that relationship.

“He’s always leaned on Hunter, bec...