Biden holes up with Jill in Delaware during COVID battle with bullish Joe refusing to drop out as yet another top Democrat demands he step aside

Joe Biden is holed up astatine his Rehoboth Beach location pinch woman Jill, arsenic his run prepares for him to return to nan roadworthy adjacent week moreover arsenic yet different Democrat calls connected him to exit nan statesmanlike race.

No different members of nan Biden family are pinch nan president and first lady. Jill was already astatine their $3.4 cardinal formation location erstwhile nan president arrived location Wednesday night, nan East Wing said.

President Biden has been resting aft his COVID test but he is preparing to get backmost to work. And while he said he is staying successful nan race, he is 'soul searching.

'His psyche searching is really happening, I cognize that for a fact,' a root told Reuters. 'He's reasoning astir this very seriously.'

The 2nd thoughts travel arsenic much and much Democrats impulse him to rethink his bid for a 2nd term.

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, who led nan investigation into nan January 6th insurrection, is nan latest to definitive his doubts astir Biden, joining other party leaders who've expressed their doubts astir Biden's expertise to hit Donald Trump successful November. 

The White House has many times denied Biden is leaving nan race. Officials are moving up to scheme his adjacent information of meetings and events. 

Next week, Biden is expected to meet pinch Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli Prime Minister is successful municipality to reside a associated convention of Congress. 

That gathering was primitively scheduled for Monday but the White House said nan day could beryllium successful flux depending connected Biden's betterment from COVID. 

Netanyahu speaks to lawmakers connected Capitol Hill connected Wednesday.

'We person each anticipation that nan 2 leaders will person a chance to spot each different erstwhile Prime Minister Netanyahu is successful town,' White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Thursday.

'I can't show you astatine this constituent … what that precisely is going to look like. But arsenic we get person surely beryllium capable to supply you immoderate more,' Kirby said. 

Biden is besides scheduled to spell connected a fundraising plaything for his run successful nan later portion of nan week, hitting up rich | donors successful Texas and California as he makes nan lawsuit for his candidacy.

Meanwhile, nan president still has 'mild precocious respiratory symptoms' but nary fever arsenic he battles COVID, nan White House said connected Thursday.

The president is continuing to return Paxlovid, his physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, said successful a missive released by nan White House property office. 

'The president is still experiencing mild precocious respiratory symptoms associated pinch his caller COVID-19 infection. He continues to person Paxlovid,' O'Connor wrote.

'He does not person a fever and his captious signs stay normal.'

As Biden isolates to protect his health, much and much Democrats are expressing their doubts astir him. 

The tide whitethorn beryllium turning. A elder Democratic Hill adjutant told DailyMail.com that chances are 'high' that Biden pulls nan plug but nan timing is 'fluid.' 

This comes arsenic it was revealed that Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin wrote to Biden, asking him to reconsider his re-election bid.

In a four-page letter, dated July 6th and obtained by The New York Times, Raskin originates pinch lavish praise for nan president, for his grounds and his legacy.

Then, however, he changes his tune and compares Biden to an exhausted pitcher astir to springiness nan winning tally to nan title successful nan large game.

Raskin utilized nan illustration of Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martínez, nan pitcher who was near connected nan mound for nan eighth inning of Game Seven of nan 2003 American League Championship Series contempt being tired.

Martínez allowed 3 runs, tying nan crippled earlier nan Yankees won pinch a walk-off location tally successful nan 11th inning that denied nan Red Sox a travel to nan World Series.

'There is nary shame successful taking a well-deserved front to nan overflowing appreciation of nan crowd erstwhile your limb is tired out, and location is existent threat for nan squad successful ignoring nan statistics,' Raskin wrote.

'Your business is tricky because you are some our prima pitcher and our manager. But successful democracy, arsenic you person shown america much than immoderate anterior president, you are not a head acting each alone; you are nan co-manager on pinch our awesome squad and our awesome people. Caucus pinch nan team, Mr. President. Hear them out. You will make nan correct decision.'

Raskin's missive was nan latest successful a bid of revelations from apical Democrats, starring to speculation Biden could exit nan title wrong days.

Former President Barack Obama has told friends that Biden should earnestly see his candidacy, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

Obama is said to judge Biden's way to triumph has greatly diminished, but thinks nan president needs to make nan determination to discontinue himself. 

Meanwhile, Axios reported that Democratic sources judge nan drumbeat to exit nan title will unit Biden into making nan determination to measurement aside, possibly happening arsenic early arsenic this weekend. 

A defiant Biden has insisted publically that he will beryllium nan Democratic nominee and only God aliases a 'medical condition' would compel him to front out. So far, he's been supported by family members, first woman Jill Biden and boy Hunter, successful nan determination to enactment put.

But privately he's started to recognize that mightiness beryllium untenable, arsenic polling shows him losing to Trump and surveys show wide concerns astir his property and wellness that he's improbable to overcome. 

This week backstage conversations he's had pinch apical Congressional Democrats person started to leak out, pinch reports saying Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries person delivered to Biden immoderate difficult truths.

They warned nan president that he will suffer nan White House - and could return Congressional majorities down pinch him. 

Overall, 20 Democrats have urged Biden to discontinue nan race. 

But others stay loyal to nan president and visibly angry astatine nan leaks, arguing it hurts nan statement overall.

'I can't show you each really shameful it feels to perceive each these leaks astir what Democratic leaders are staying and not to person a azygous 1 of them retired present confirming aliases denying it. It's a deficiency of activity and it's making each Democrats look bad,' Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar wrote connected X.

'Whatever this messiness leads to will not undo nan harm that has already been inflicted. May God thief america all.'