How did we get here with Biden? Your questions about the democratic process answered.

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President Joe Biden is rejecting any idea that he would step aside as the Democratic nominee, a decision that is his alone.

When we asked readers what questions they have about Biden, they expressed some confusion about the process that made him the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Here are answers to some of the questions posed to CNN from readers:

Can anyone force Biden to step down as candidate?

No. There was a series of primaries in states and territories this year and voters in those contests overwhelmingly backed Biden. He faced only token opposition from a little-known congressman, Rep. Dean Phillips, and an author, Marianne Williamson. Biden won nearly all of the 3,949 pledged delegates who will officially select the party’s nominee at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August.

Delegates pick the nominee during a roll-call vote. While party rules don’t formally require delegates to vote for the candidate to whom they’re pledged, they’re supposed to, and campaigns have the right to approve the delegates pledged to their candidates. Biden has the votes to win the nomination in that first round of voting and realistically, it’s highly unlikely that another candidate could be elected without Biden voluntarily stepping aside.

Why is it only the nominee’s prerogative to step aside or not? Are there no outs or off-ramps in the presidential nomination process for a party?

This is an unprecedented situation. Primaries began in January and went on for months. That monthslong process provided Democrats and independents who wanted to take part in the Democratic primary the