Longtime Biden supporter David Letterman vows to appear at Martha's Vineyard fundraiser amid campaign crisis

Late nighttime drama fable David Letterman is group to header a fundraiser for beleaguered Joe Biden.

The erstwhile big of CBS's 'Late Show' will beryllium headlining nan Martha Vineyard-set fundraiser on pinch Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, astatine nan location of 1 of nan governor's friends.

Letterman, 77, was touted arsenic nan evening's 'special guest', successful an induce seen by Deadline.com.

He has been seen arsenic a longtime protagonist and friend of Biden since his days arsenic vice president, and his being scheduled signals that nan president's run is forging up contempt continued calls for him to front out, moreover from erstwhile supporters.

The fundraiser will beryllium held connected July 29, and is 1 of 10 scheduled complete nan past 10 days of July.

'We support nan President, nan First Lady, nan VP and nan Democratic Party, successful bully and reliable times because he has been location for america arsenic a family and a state,' Green wrote successful a matter to nan Honolulu Star-Advertiser Friday confirming nan fundraiser.

He declined to respond to a petition for much details, aft The Associated Press was first to study news of nan upcoming event.

The aforesaid day, Biden, who is recovering from COVID-19 astatine his Rehoboth Beach location successful Delaware, called for a agreed beforehand wrong his party, while seeking to displacement attraction backmost to Donald Trump and his plans for nan Oval Office.

He said he was looking guardant to getting backmost connected nan run way adjacent week to situation his rival and his claims, 'while making nan lawsuit for my ain grounds and nan imagination that I person for America:

'One wherever we prevention our democracy, protect our authorities and freedoms, and create opportunity for everyone,' he said.

'The stakes are high, and nan prime is clear,' he continued successful a written statement. 'Together, we will win.'

Despite a disastrous statement capacity and pronounced exodus of Democratic donors, he has continued to insist he's nan champion Democrat to hit nan GOP frontrunner - and Green told The AP he fundamentally agrees.

'I deliberation nan president stays successful this title unless he feels that it is not winnable, aliases he feels that he has to perceive different voices successful his soul circle that he shouldn't run,' Green said, not calling attraction to imaginable last-minute replacements for illustration Kamala Harris.

'If nan president felt that he wasn't up to it and genuinely not up to it, he would measurement down.'

Green, meanwhile, has been linked to nan Biden family for years, arsenic his wife's uncle was nan commander-in-chief's assemblage roommate

Despite opinionated by his friend, he still said nan determination whether aliases not to time off nan title would yet travel from Biden himself, arsenic his continues to spiral pursuing past month's disastrous debate.

In nan weeks since, Other awesome Biden supporters successful Hollywood person been speedy to alteration their tunes connected nan imaginable of Biden moving for a 2nd term, pinch 'Ocean's Eleven' prima George Clooney starring nan way.

'It's devastating to opportunity it, but nan Joe Biden I was pinch 3 weeks agone astatine nan fund-raiser was not nan Joe 'big F-ing deal' Biden of 2010,' Clooney, agelong a Biden supporter, wrote successful a scathing oped aired successful nan New York Times.

'He wasn't moreover nan Joe Biden of 2020,' he continued. 'He was nan aforesaid man we each witnessed astatine nan debate

The character declared astatine different constituent successful nan pleading piece: 'This is astir age. Nothing more. But besides thing that tin beryllium reversed. We are not going to triumph successful November pinch this president.'

Figures for illustration Stephen King, Rob Reiner, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, and Star Trek screenwriter Damon Lindelof person each followed suit, contempt each being longtime Democrats.

Some celebs, for illustration Letterman, person successful opposition stayed loyal, pinch nan precocious retired talker being joined by different A-listers for illustration Jack Black - whose Tenacious D bandmate is facing disapproval complete a jab against Trump aft his near-assassination - and Barbra Streisand.

Both were coming astatine nan Peacock Theater successful downtown Los Angeles erstwhile Biden took nan shape connected June 16, arsenic were superstars Elton John and Katy Perry a fewer weeks later successful New York City aft nan debate.

Other stars, for illustration Cardi B, were not truthful benignant pursuing nan president's lukewarm performance, pinch nan rapper and others for illustration Duane 'The Rock' Johnson announcing instantly aft they were sitting retired nan upcoming election.

The New York musician successful peculiar said she felt 'betrayed' by nan Biden administration.

Meanwhile, nan Biden run fundraiser June 16 was besides attended by erstwhile President Barack Obama, successful an evident effort to thief Biden unafraid a 2nd term.

The erstwhile president has since surfaced arsenic nan campaign's apical surrogate, moreover taking to X to take sides Biden against Trump successful nan aftermath of nan caller debate.

Videos from nan extremity of nan fundraiser, meanwhile, circulated connected societal media thereafter, scrutinizing Biden's beingness and intelligence abilities.

The president appeared stiff connected shape for astir 7 seconds astatine a point, and started stepping aft Obama put his manus connected Biden's back.

A White House spokesperson pushed back, calling nan viral videos heavy edited, 'cheap fakes' created 'in bad faith' to badmouth nan Democrat.

Letterman, who retired successful 2015 aft 33 years connected his program, has yet to remark connected nan confirmed appearance.