Sometime after that, but before the election, Joe states he has decided he must retire and can no longer run for president. But he will valiantly stay in office and see out the rest of his term.
Since it's after the convention, the Dems get to name whomever they want as the replacement candidate.
Simple and easy for all of them. This entirely avoids the problem of declaring Joe dead or incompetent and thereby having to deal with Kamala. They jump right to the ultra-rigged election with their new candidate, probably Newscum with maybe Big Mike or Killary as VP, and get everything they want.
Here's what I think will happen:
Joe gets the Dem nomination at their convention.
Sometime after that, but before the election, Joe states he has decided he must retire and can no longer run for president. But he will valiantly stay in office and see out the rest of his term.
Since it's after the convention, the Dems get to name whomever they want as the replacement candidate.
Simple and easy for all of them. This entirely avoids the problem of declaring Joe dead or incompetent and thereby having to deal with Kamala. They jump right to the ultra-rigged election with their new candidate, probably Newscum with maybe Big Mike or Killary as VP, and get everything they want.