Recap: Biden team looks to quell concernspublished at 00:13 British Summer Time 4 July
We are wrapping up our live coverage after a flurry of news today following calls for President Joe Biden to withdraw from his re-election bid after last week's debate debacle.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Biden "is clear-eyed and he is staying in the race," though she admitted "the last few days have been challenging".
Biden joined a campaign call on Wednesday to assure staff: "I'm in this race to the end and we're going to win," he said as reported by BBC's US partner CBS News. Read more about the Biden campaign's efforts to calm Democrats' nerves here.
And the BBC spoke to Democratic voters who worried about the logistics of switching candidates this far into the campaign. Read more here.
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