November 15th, 2022
"Mr President," one of the White House staffers knocked on the president's door to the Oval Office, " there's something you need to see." The 79-year-old president had his desk chair turned around facing the window. Biden liked to stare blankly at his window for hours at a time like a senile old man left to rot in a retirement home. However, this was not a retirement home, this senile 79 year old man resided in the White House, where he was expected to lead a country of 300 million civilians.
"What is it, Jeffrey?" Biden responded. The young staffer entered the Oval Office calmly but did not utter a word to the president. Instead, he placed an iPad on the president's desk. Biden turned his chair around to see what his staff wanted him to take a look at. The old man picked up the iPad with both of his hands and began reading the news article displayed on the screen. Biden's blue eyes danced around the article as the elderly man tried to comprehend what he was reading.
Trump announces 2024 Presidential Campaign at his home in Mar-a-Lago Florida
"Are you serious?" Biden groaned. He attempted to turn off the iPad but failed miserably so he just handed it back to Jeffrey. The staffer took the iPad and adjusted his glasses nervously.
Jeffrey inhaled sharply,"Maybe it's time we start looking at candidates to endorse-"
"Endorse? I'm not endorsing any candidates. I'm running against him, Jeffrey." Biden interjected.
"Of course Mr President." Jeffrey replied.
"Why would you think I wouldn't run again? I beat the bastard last time and I can do it again." The old man angrily pounded his fist on his desk.
"Time." Jeffrey sighed.
"What?"
"Time is not on your side, sir." Jeffrey repeated.
Biden's lip quivered with confusion, "W-what the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Sir, in 5 days you turn 80 years old. You are the oldest sitting president this country has ever seen. If you do serve a second term, you will be nearly 90 years old when you leave office. Some members of our staff have expressed some concern over this and have suggested endorsing a younger candidate to run for the Democratic nomination."
"What a bunch of malarkey." Biden said and shook his head.
"Pardon me?" Jeffrey asked.
"Well you tell the rest of my staff that there's only been one candidate to defeat Donald Trump, me. I have to run again for the sake of our democracy." Biden stood up from his desk.
"Whatever you want to tell yourself." Jeffrey muttered under his breath.
Biden knew Jeffrey had said something but his prehistoric ears could not decipher exactly what the young man had said, "What was that, Jackson?"
The young staffer paused for a moment, "My name is Jeffrey." He corrected the elderly president.
"Oh, right." Biden shrugged off his error. Jeffrey turned to leave the Oval Office, but as he reached to grab the door handle, he stopped.
"Mr President I will inform the rest of our administration about your decision to run again in 2024."
"Thank you, Jesse." Biden once again forgot the name of his staffer.
Jeffrey ignored the old man's error, "But I do sincerely hope you are making this decision for the good of the American people, not to pursue your personal vendetta against President Trump." Jeffrey grabbed the door handle and left Biden alone in the Oval Office.
Biden sat down at his desk and ran circles around his temples with his fingers and he pondered his future as President. Only 10 presidents before him had failed to successfully win re-election, including his arch nemesis Donald J Trump. To back down now would be handing the presidency back over to Trump. So Biden was morally obligated to run again in 2024, for the sake of the nation. He wasn't running because he had developed romantic and sexual feelings for his opponent that he was keeping deeply repressed to the point where he was having vivid dreams and fantasies about a world where him and Trump were lovers rather than political rivals.
....definitely not.
