When Matt Meyer was elected as governor of Delaware last year, the outgoing US president called with congratulations – and a warning. “Joe Biden did tell me that I had to do my job and do it well or in four years he’s running against me,” Meyer said, smiling. “He’s a Delawarean and I don’t doubt that he would run.”
Now 82, Biden has retired to Delaware after leaving the political stage. At 53, Meyer is among a new generation of Democrats trying to navigate a post-Biden world in which Donald Trump is eviscerating the federal government, stress-testing the rule of law and prosecuting a global trade war.
