Where Do the Obamas Stand on Joe Biden?

Vance’s MAGAmorphosis • Dems in Milwaukee • Schiff’s Move [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Where Do the Obamas Stand on Joe Biden? Good morning. As Democrats’ [efforts]( to push Joe Biden off the top of the ticket appear to be gaining steam, Kate Andersen Brower [explores]( the relationship between Barack Obama and his former vice president. Obama “sees the presidency as a relay race,” she writes, “which begs the question of whether he privately thinks it’s time for Biden to pass the baton.” Meanwhile, at the GOP convention, former Never Trumper J.D. Vance took the stage as Donald Trump’s running mate and MAGA heir, delivering a speech heavy on his compelling biography, the basis of the best-selling Hillbilly Elegy, while side-stepping some of his extremist views on issues like abortion, [writes]( Katie Herchenroeder. On the ground in Milwaukee, Eric Lutz [finds]( a few lone Democrats witnessing the GOP become “tremendously aligned” with Trump. Flashing back a few decades, David Friend [revisits]( the party’s chaotic presidential nomination in 1992, when figures like Pat Buchanan, he recounts, campaigned on strict “sexual mores, cultural kashrut, and the supremacy of the nuclear family.” [Joe Biden takes part in a conversation with Barack Obama during a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 15, 2024.]( [Where Do the Obamas Stand on Joe Biden? “If President Obama Was All In, He’d Be All In.”]( By [Kate Andersen Brower]( [As the threat of another Trump presidency looms, America turns its eyes to Michelle and Barack Obama, still the most powerful politicians in the world—whether they like it or not.]( [Read more button](   [J.D. Vance, Once a Die-Hard Never Trumper, Completes His MAGAmorphosis]( By [Katie Herchenroeder]( [The Ohio Senator and Hillbilly Elegy author took the stage as Donald Trump’s running mate on Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention, where he leaned into his personal biography and struck a populist tone—while side-stepping some issues, like abortion, where he holds extreme views.]( [Read more button](   [Democrats at Republican National Convention Witness Donald Trump’s “Tremendously Aligned” GOP]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The Republican Party is “pointing in a singular direction toward MAGA extremism,” says one progressive advocate. Meanwhile, Democrats remain fractured over who should be at the top of their ticket.]( [Read more button](   [The 1992 Republican Convention Jump-Started the Culture Wars—and the GOP’s Prime-Time Extremism]( By [David Friend]( [In an excerpt of his book The Naughty Nineties, David Friend recounts the partisan political battle America has been fighting for three decades, beginning with Pat Buchanan and George H.W. Bush in Houston.]( [Read more button](   [Adam Schiff: Joe Biden Can’t Beat Trump, Should Drop Out Now]( By [Bess Levin]( [Schiff is at least the 20th House Democrat to call for Biden to leave the race.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast