Biden biographer questions if even Obama could get president to pull out of campaign

Former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden. (Getty Images)

President Biden biographer Chris Whipple recently disclosed he doesn’t’ believe that former President Obama could convince Biden to abandon his re-election bid.

In a recent interview with NewsNation, Whipple – who wrote "The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House" – said it’s "not quite true" that Obama could influence Biden to leave office amid growing calls within the Democratic Party for the president to step aside from the race.

The president "has a chip on his shoulder," the author stated in the interview, noting that tension between him and Obama’s team might prevent the former president’s advice from getting through to Biden. Whipple said of the two men: "It’s a fraught relationship, for sure."