WASHINGTON (AP) – Joe Biden’s storied political career will end much the way it started nearly half a century ago: shaped by crushing personal tragedy that shook his confidence in his own ability to lead.
In deciding not to run for president, Biden has turned away from months of preparations and countless hours that had put him on the verge of a third presidential campaign.
Almost everything was ready except the candidate himself.
For Biden, the decision to bow out means his political career will have been bookended by heartbreak and adversity that robbed him of the people he loved most.
In May, his son Beau died of brain cancer.