FRONTLINE tells the inside story of Joe Biden’s rise to the presidency, and the personal and political forces that shaped him and led to his fateful decision to step aside.
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President Biden’s decision to end his bid for reelection less than four months before the 2024 election was the latest dramatic and difficult moment in what has been a lifetime of challenges and controversies, triumphs and tragedies.
In the documentary “Biden’s Decision,†FRONTLINE offers a sweeping look at Biden’s life and legacy and examines his five decades in U.S. politics. From his childhood battle with stuttering and then the death of his wife and young child, through his decades as a U.S. senator, his failed presidential bids, his eight years as vice president in the Obama administration, and then finally taking office as president himself in a time of cascading national crises, Biden was always one to pick himself back up after challenging moments, those who know him told FRONTLINE.
The film explores the fraught days after Biden gave a halting debate performance against former President Donald Trump — a man he was determined to beat a second time in November — and examines why he made the choice to stand down and, in his words, “pass the torch to a new generation.â€
“Biden’s Decision†is a FRONTLINE Production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. The director is Michael Kirk. The producers are Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser, Vanessa Fica and Philip Bennett. The writers are Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser. The reporters are Vanessa Fica and Brooke Nelson Alexander. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Prologue
04:30 – Childhood Experiences That Shaped Joe Biden
15:32 – Biden’s Interest in Priesthood, Then Politics as a Teen
21:30 – Biden’s Senate Run in the Early ‘70s & the Death of His Wife and Daughter
42:04 – How Plagiarism Accusations Thwarted Biden’s First Presidential Run in ‘88
49:43 – How Biden Handled Clarence Thomas’ Confirmation Hearings, Including Anita Hill’s Allegations 01:01:25 – Biden’s Time as Vice President to Former President Barack Obama
01:09:13 – Biden’s Relationships With His Sons Beau, Who Died in 2015, and Hunter Biden
01:27:04 – Biden’s Presidency & His Decision to Not Seek Reelection
01:52:17 – Credits
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I've seen videos where he was middle aged and spoke with no problem. 12:18
Since there is no way to prove it and he lies all the time- IS THERE ANY PROOF THAT HE STUTTERED? Dude has lied about everything big and small lies…..why wouldnt he lie about this?
He's casting about because he doesn't know what to do and only wants to be something he shouldn't.
He's secretly Superman that is senile and dying.
bullcrap! criminal!
I have immeasurable respect for Joe Biden but unfortunately his decision to run again for reelection in 2024 has done and will continue to do damage to this country
EVEN A YEAR LATER. !!…..The WORST
(P)resident ever in the life of America.
The countries most despicable and most useless "so-called" leader in history.!!!
Americas worst administration EVER !!!
Joe Biden was definitely not a catholic!! He may have gone to church but, the message at church didn't resigninate!!
Wow bidens been a phony his whole life what a pos how he handled the withdraw in Afghanistan
In short Biden was a liar – proven liar an idiot, hypocrite and dishonest.
This guy has always been a hothead liar, and average at best; which is fine, but not a man that should be in control or in a leadership position. We have a problem with feeling sorry for someone and giving them a pass, to our own detriment. Stop voting with your emotions as they will run you astray onto the path of ruin, but use logic, critical thinking, & reasoning to choose the leaders of the future. .
lol acting like Biden just started to decline at the end is just BS the press covered for him 5 plus years
Thank God we no longer have to pay for this propaganda
What a despicable human being. Low character. Never mentioned anything about him showering with his own daughter.
He appears to be suffering from "'Broke Back Mountain" disease, and it's terminal. What a pathetic human being.
We have since learned what a total puff piece this was from PBS. All Joe gave us was the Biden crime family.
Worst f**king president in the history of the country…. absokute failure.
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By far the worst president in the history of this country! He wouldn’t have beaten TRUMP the second time. He is hardly alive today. Horrible administration and president!
🤔 💬 Is Thomas in D.E.files?
Sorry, but the world was on fire and Joe Biden had something to do with that. He didn’t act so you can exonerate him and say he had nothing to do with it but you’re wrong.
He's like most politicians an insecure fraud looking for a foundation to stand on that gets him the attention he needs.
Who own that USD
How Reuters owner to USD
What missing in United States assessment, property taxes
Talk about doing the impossible. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016.
I never did vote for Biden. Never was for his political views. However, I do have respect for him. I'm the type that can disagree with someone but still have honor and respect for them. Robert C. Byrd was a senator from the state I'm from and lived all my life in. West Virginia, and I remember Biden speaking at senator Byrd funeral.
The idiotic suggestion that has problems when he was 80 were directly connected to his stutter at 8 is literally. Idiocy.
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Trump is an American hero!
As crooked as he is, they never said a negative thing about Biden.
This is truly AMAZING !
Missing bidens mistakes and misconduct
I'm tired of dealing international Mafia political politics
For Mr. Biden too loose his beautiful wife and daughter is just heart breaking…I can't even imagine…😔🙌