Biden heads to the Democratic convention with a large task and heaps of admiration from a party ready to move on
It will not be the convention President Joe Biden planned.
CHICAGO — It will not be the convention President Joe Biden planned.
A month ago, Biden was poised to conclude the Democrats’ party by accepting the nomination with bold pronouncements about how his second term would build on the successes of his first. Instead, he will open the convention Monday to make the case that Vice President Kamala Harris is the one to carry the torch.
It is a turnabout that Democrats are greeting with jubilation, melancholy, lingering hard feelings and, for some, outright anger.
The complicated dynamic has left convention planners and party leaders delicately navigating a display of respect to an outgoing president while building on newfound exuberance within the party over Harris’ ascent.
Democrats are expected to honor him in their remarks throughout the week, using what they see as an act of selflessness as an inspiration for the party to rally behind Harris and push to defeat former President Donald Trump.
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