Biden will address the nation Wednesday on his decision to drop 2024 reelection bid

FILE – Vice President Joe Biden leaves the stage after a speech on the Obama administration’s nuclear security agenda, Feb. 18, 2010, at Ft. McNair in Washington. Historians and political advisers say history will be kinder to President Joe Biden than voters have been so far. Biden dropped out of the presidential race on Sunday, July 21, 2024, clearing the way for a new Democratic nominee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)