Read previewFor most of President Joe Biden's White House tenure, Republicans have floated theories about the president's health and cast doubt on the veteran Democrat's leadership.
Biden sought to use the debate to gain some momentum in a race that for weeks showed him tied with Trump in national polls.
In the weeks leading up the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, this is not where the Biden campaign thought it'd be.
But the former president is not in the clear in the eyes of the public, despite this week's Supreme Court ruling.
Should Biden step aside, a more popular Democrat — backed by a party itching to defeat Trump again — could easily dispatch the former president in November.
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