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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe and Ankita Rao

Biden meets with his family amid pressures to step down after debate

Older white man wearing suit without tie and aviator sunglasses, holds hand of older blond white woman wearing dark sunglasses and a floral, long-sleeved dress as they walk down steps out of a plane.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden step off Air Force One upon arrival at McGuire air force base in New Jersey on Saturday. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Joe Biden was meeting with his family on Sunday, a discussion believed to include talk about his political future even though it was already scheduled to take place before his calamitous presidential debate on Thursday with Donald Trump.

The meeting at Camp David came as pressures mounted on Biden following the vast fallout of the debate, in which his halting performance highlighted his vulnerabilities in a close election and invited calls from pundits, media and voters for him to step aside.

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