Throughout the incumbent’s long political death spiral, Obama — who had urged Biden against running in 2016 and 2020, worried that the older man might “embarrass himself” — remained silent.

Three days before the election, on Saturday, Nov. 5, Biden, Trump and Obama all will be in Pennsylvania, a state that has seen razor-thin margins in one of the most consequential Senate races in ...

President Joe Biden speaks between TV host Jimmy Kimmel and former US President Barack Obama, during a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, June 15, 2024.