Joe Biden at risk of being ‘shuffled out behind closed doors’ after repeated gaffes

The 46th President is now up against campaigner Marianne Williamson and Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips.

Despite facing few challenges in the Democratic primary race, Biden could still find himself not on the ticket come November 5.

JL Partners co-founder James Johnson, who headed polling in Downing Street under Theresa May and is now carrying out extensive research in America, told GB News: “The age thing is a real problem for Biden, it really is. Voters are almost unanimous on this. The per cent of American voters who say that Biden is too old to be President is pretty crazy.

“When you ask voters to sum up Biden in one word, old is the top one, closely followed by incompetence. The two are working together there. I don't think that that image will change. One of the other big unknowns is Biden's age. If he has some sort of issue, a very visible issue in the run-up to the Democratic Convention, it is still not completely implausible that the Democrats, behind closed doors, shuffle him out.

“It's also not implausible that Dr Jill Biden sits him down and says, ‘We can't do this’. At the moment she's fully behind him but if a twist happens with his health, who knows?”

JL Partners conducted some polling last month detailing how Americans remain concerned about Biden’s age and competence.

It found 60 per cent of voters think Biden should not run for a second-term, with just 34 per cent supporting his bid.

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The shocking survey also revealed 44 per cent of Democrat voters think the party could change its nominee, with 42 per cent believing it is too late.

JL Partners found that Democrat voters would want Vice President Kamala Harris or ex-First Lady Michelle Obama to step in.

Harris declared herself ready to take over from Biden last year, claiming: “Yes, I am, if necessary.”

Concerns about Biden’s ability to run have ramped up since he entered the White House following a series of blunders.

The 81-year-old has recently struggled to board Air Force One, rambled through questions about what he ate over the festive period and left Antony Blinken in dismay after branding Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator”.

Despite being 77-years-old, Donald Trump does not face as much backlash about his age.

Johnson explained: “We've found in our polling people feel that Trump is considerably more strong than Biden. I think it's that. I think it's partly that Trump has this reputation of saying how it is, and standing up to people. I think that he's got that already in his back pocket. That is helping his performance.

“I also think that physicality is quite important. It's a really basic thing but the clips on Biden go much more viral because it's more likely that he's going to fall over. Brutal but that makes a big difference. Trump’s clearly an old man but he's not at risk of stumbling around.

“He looks pretty well, he's even pretty big. He’s not got that older age sort of weight loss that Biden has got. I think it's physical images and also an underlying sense that, for all of his faults, Trump is the strong man.”

However, a soundcloud of words associated with the 45th President will make grim reading for the Trump campaign, with “revenge”, “power” and “dictatorship” all featuring highly.

Concerns about Trump’s candidacy usually revolve around his involvement in a number of legal proceedings, including the federal probe into his role in the January 6 riots.

Johnson stressed the 77-year-old is receiving a boost after facing a number of hurdles but the situation could still descend into chaos if he is handed a conviction.

JL Partners also conducted an opinion poll last month putting Trump four-points ahead of Biden.

Such a result would likely help Trump flip Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin back into the Republican column.

Trump’s potential White House comeback would make him just the second Commander-in-Chief to serve two non-consecutive terms in the Oval Office, with Grover Cleveland achieving the same feat in the late-19th century.

Both Biden and Trump mock each other for their perceived electoral vulnerabilities.

The 45th President imitated Biden during a rally in Iowa on Friday by mocking the 81-year-old for stuttering through his speech on democracy.

Biden left audience members laughing after seemingly only just stopping short of calling his 2024 rival a “sick f**k”.