The tensions between President Biden and former President Obama go back nearly two decades and are once again in the spotlight as the former faces calls to end his re-election bid.
The criticism from ex-Obama staffers aimed at President Biden, including calls for him to exit the 2024 presidential race, serve as a stark reminder of the well-known tensions between the former White House duo that go back nearly two decades. The often testy relationship between Biden and Obama reportedly began shortly after the latter's election to the Senate in 2004, when both men served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Obama was close to Biden and provided strength and support for his family in the lead up to, and following, the death of his son, Beau Biden, from a form of brain cancer, but later worked to convince his vice president not to seek the 2016 Democratic nomination in favor of Clinton. 'The president was not encouraging,' Biden later acknowledged, according to The New York Times.
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