 President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. Pocan joined fellow House Democrats Chuy Garcia of Illinois, Mark Veazey of Texas, and Jared Huffman of California in a direct public message to the president. They wrote, we must face the reality that widespread public concerns about your age and fitness are jeopardizing what should be a winning campaign. The House Democrats are the latest group calling on Biden to withdraw from the presidential campaign over concerns about his fitness.