Biden is adjusting to a new reality, coming to terms with his departure from 2024 race

AP

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at an event commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Monday, July 29, 2024, at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Ten days since ending his reelection campaign after losing the confidence of his party, Biden is still coming to terms with the stunning political whiplash he and the country experienced. The Democratic president is privately smarting over those who orchestrated the end of his political career and the even swifter embrace of Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)