Biden reveals the one reason that would make him drop out of the presidential race as Democrats and voters demand he step aside

Joe Biden revealed nan 1 logic he would exit nan statesmanlike title arsenic much and much Democrats telephone for him to measurement aside.

He said it would return his expert telling him straight that he had a aesculapian information that made that necessary. 

'If I had immoderate aesculapian information that emerged, if somebody, if doctors came to maine and said, you sewage this problem and that problem,' Biden said successful an question and reply pinch BET news.

The president's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, has said Biden, 81, is mentally and physically fresh to service arsenic commander-in-chief. 

But Democrats' person questioned Biden's fittingness to service since his statement capacity against Donald Trump, wherever he fumbled for words and stared blankley into nan camera.

Biden has many times changed nan conditions connected what it would return for him to measurement aside.

He told ABC News he would only driblet retired only if nan 'Lord almighty' told him to. At a property convention successful Washington D.C., he said he would enactment successful nan title unless aides came to him pinch impervious that he could ne'er win. 

In his question and reply pinch BET's Ed Gordon Biden said for nan first clip that he had expected to 'move on' from nan presidency and 'pass it connected to personification else' aft 1 word but decided to tally again because he believed his 'wisdom' and acquisition would thief heal nan country.'

'You whitethorn retrieve Ed, I said I was going to beryllium a transitional candidate, and I thought I would beryllium capable to move connected from this and walk it connected to personification else,' Biden said. 'But I didn't expect things getting so, so, truthful divided. And rather frankly, I deliberation nan only point property brings is simply a small spot of wisdom.'

He added that 'there's much to do, and I'm reluctant to locomotion distant from that.' 

The afloat question and reply pinch BET is scheduled to aerial astatine 10 p.m. Eastern connected Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, Biden was deed pinch a sadistic caller canvass connected Wednesday that showed a mostly of Democrats want him to driblet retired of nan statesmanlike title moreover arsenic nan statement prepares to fastener up his nomination.

An AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research recovered 65% of Democrats want Biden to retreat from nan title and fto nan statement nominate a different candidate.  It besides recovered only 3 successful 10 Democrats are assured successful his intelligence capacity to service arsenic president.

The results undercut Biden's declare that 'average Democrats' want him to stay successful nan title and only 'the elite' want him out. 

Biden has spent nan past 2 weeks trying to quell nan rising tide against him. But nan poll, conducted since his disastrous statement pinch Donald Trump, shows he has not been capable to person Democrats to enactment successful his corner. 

He argues galore voters aren't paying attraction to nan title yet. 

'The constituent is, we're conscionable getting down to gametime correct now,' Biden told BET News successful an question and reply connected Tuesday.

The canvass provides immoderate grounds that Black Democrats are among Biden's strongest supporters, pinch astir half successful nan study saying he should proceed running, compared to astir 3 successful 10 achromatic and Hispanic Democrats.

The canvass besides shows nan differing support that Biden and Trump person among their parties:  only 37% of Democrats deliberation Biden tin triumph while 72% of Republicans deliberation Trump can.

The canvass comes arsenic Democrats will nominate Biden for re-election successful a virtual rotation call, but will hold mounting a day for nan delegate ballot aft galore Democrats raised objections to nan planned process.

The caller day for nan delegate ballot will beryllium nan first week of August, soon earlier nan normal originates successful Chicago.

The party's Rules Committee said they intend to person Biden's information completed by Aug. 7 successful bid to debar immoderate consequence of a ineligible situation to placing him connected nan ballot successful Ohio. 

A missive from nan co-chairs of nan statement convention's rules committee, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Leah Daughtry, a longtime Democratic Party official, says that nary virtual voting will statesman earlier Aug. 1. 

'No matter what whitethorn beryllium reported, our extremity is not to fast-track,' they constitute successful nan letter, according to nan New York Times. 'Our goals are to uphold our contented of transparency, our committedness to an effective nominating process that delivers a nominee connected each authorities ballots, and yet to group our nominees connected a way to triumph successful November.'

The 2 leaders sought to reassure nan statement aft a House Democrats restarted their coup against nan president. 

The lawmakers' challenged nan original timeline for Biden's virtual nomination, which would person him locked successful arsenic nan nominee successful nan adjacent fewer weeks. 

Under nan statement rules, nan immense mostly of nan much than 4,600 delegates to nan statement normal are bound to ballot for Biden connected nan first ballot, sloppy of erstwhile that ballot takes place. 

Biden cannot beryllium forced retired and must take to voluntarily guidelines down. 

He is showing nary motion he will exit.

'Look, 14 cardinal group voted for maine to beryllium nan nominee successful nan Democratic Party, OK?' nan president told NBC News. 'I perceive to them.