What Biden Can Learn From LBJ’s Decision to Drop Out in 1968

A struggling president with a strong policy record, deep legislative experience, and fresh memories of being underestimated by the younger man he served as VP, LBJ faced, with his fiercely loyal first lady, the question of whether to drop out of contention ahead of the Democratic convention in Chicago. A presidential historian explains how the events of 1968 can, and can’t, help us make sense of our chaotic present.