Biden ‘declines’ to step aside and tells Democrats to focus on beating Trump

He stressed that the party has “one job”, which is to defeat presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in November.

Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Picture: AP

US president Joe Biden is standing firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy for a second term, calling for an “end” to the intra-party drama that has torn apart the Democrats.

Mr Biden wrote in the two-page letter on Monday that “the question of how to move forward has been well-aired for over a week now. And it’s time for it to end”.