Joe Biden and Barack Obama hug.
President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama have a close but complicated relationship.
  • Biden wishes Obama had personally shared his fears about the state of the race, sources said.
  • Several Biden confidants were disappointed that Obama was quiet when some called for the president to step aside.
  • The two men have a close but complicated relationship.

President Joe Biden has seemingly accepted that he's no longer running for reelection, but he isn't happy that former President Barack Obama didn't relay to him his concerns about the 2024 race, sources told Politico.