Biden planning to hit the campaign trail in coming days after clearing COVID-19

US President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media while departing Mass at St. Edmond's Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on September 3, 2023.

President Biden plans to return to the campaign trail as soon as possible, with plans to visit Georgia and Texas in the coming days.

Axios reported that Biden has started laying out his travel plans as he recovers from COVID-19 at his Delaware beach house in Rehoboth. He has resisted calls from his party to step down, with his communications team holding a remote press conference on Saturday to push the argument for a second Biden presidency.

The calls for Biden to step down has drawn over 30 sitting Democrat congressmembers: Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on Friday urged Biden to “end his campaign,” arguing that “our full attention must return to these important issues.”

One senior Democrat official told Axios that the entire issue feels “stuck” at the moment, adding that it’s “not to say it’s going to stay stuck.”

Senior officials are pushing Biden to make a final decision over the weekend and have continued arguing with Biden advisers as to why bowing out would best serve the good of the party.

"It's a fairly universal sentiment internally that we have reached the end of the road," one Biden aide admitted, noting that some key hold outs will keep fighting to keep Biden in the race.