Former aides to Joe Biden and other Democratic figures expressed dismay Friday following a report that the 46th president recently met with party leaders, offering to re-enter the spotlight to help improve the party’s image and fundraising efforts.
Biden, 82, and his wife, Jill, reportedly sat down with newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin last month to propose a revamped campaigning strategy, according to NBC News.
Recent public polling shows a significant decline in support for Democrats, with fewer than one-third of Americans approving of the party’s performance since President Trump returned to the White House on Jan. 20.
“The Bidens are still living in an alternative universe that revolves only around them,” a former senior White House adviser told The Post in response to the NBC report.
“Their irresponsibility, family ego, and selfishness put the Democratic Party in this position in the first place … The Biden family — and the disconnected reality that they and their ineffective little circle live in — is responsible for the Trump sequel and the wilderness the Democratic Party finds itself in today,” the adviser added.
“Why?” asked another former Biden administration official. “That is my first question.”
“They can’t raise money either way,” the official continued. “I think donors would be more inclined to donate if they [the Bidens] were not relevant.”
“Joe Biden should enjoy retirement at the beach in Rehoboth,” a third former Biden aide said. “No voter wants to hear from him. He is delusional and arrogant to think that he can be a value add to the Democratic Party. We need to move on from the era of Joe Biden and embrace new, younger leadership.”
The criticism extended to congressional Democrats, who lost control of both chambers of Congress following the Nov. 5 election defeat of then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris had entered the race after Biden announced on July 21 that he would not seek a second term.
“The best thing Biden could do for the DNC is offer [DNC Vice Chair] David Hogg a high-paying role at his foundation,” a congressional Democratic aide quipped.
“Is this serious?” a former Democratic aide asked. “I mean, it has to be a joke. This is an ‘SNL’ skit.”
Biden has maintained a relatively low profile in retirement, rarely posting on social media.
It remains unclear how the former president plans to monetize his post-presidency, though he recently signed with the talent firm Creative Artists Agency, with which he previously partnered to promote his book Promise Me, Dad after leaving office as vice president in 2017.
Biden’s son, Hunter, and brother, James Biden, have reportedly earned millions of dollars for their family based on their proximity to power, securing large sums from associates in China, Ukraine, and other countries where U.S. policy was once influenced by their relative.
Hunter, who began a novice art career after his father assumed the presidency, recently stated in a court filing that he has struggled to make recent sales.
“These people drank so much of their own Kool-Aid,” the former senior White House adviser said, “that they believed — and still seemingly believe — that an 82-year-old man with a 38% approval rating on a good day, who can’t sit down for a simple traditional 10-minute pre-Super Bowl interview, was the answer for Democrats in 2024. And now this same group thinks the Bidens are the answer for Democrats now?
“The fact that they continue to surround themselves with the same cast of clowns who delivered them nothing but the most devastating humiliation in modern political history — a president’s own power taken away by his own party — is all you need to know about them. They’ve learned nothing, and they are the absolutely last and worst remedy for what ails the party in 2025 and 2026.”
