President Joe Biden spurned former President Barack Obama’s calls in the two weeks before Biden dropped his re-election bid last July — and then wouldn’t speak to his ex-boss for another month after ending his quest for a second term, according to a new book on last year’s race for the White House.

Biden, now 82, served eight years as vice president to Obama, now 64, but their relationship soured as the first black president’s hand was rumored to be behind a devastating George Clooney New York Times op-ed, published July 10, 2024, that called on Biden to step aside following his disastrous June 27 debate with former President Donald Trump .

The Oscar-winning actor had declared in the scathing piece that Biden “cannot win” less than a month after co-hosting a fundraiser that broug

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