Biden’s legacy: Far-reaching achievements that did not lead to political support

President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race after some 50 years in politics (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Sitting in the Oval Office behind the famous Resolute desk in 2022, an animated US President Joe Biden described the challenge of leading a psychologically traumatised nation.

The United States and the world had endured a life-altering pandemic. There was a jarring burst of inflation and now global conflict with Russia invading Ukraine, as well as the persistent threat to democracy he felt Donald Trump posed.