What Trump's narrow edge over Biden could mean for campaign after president ends re-election bid

Former President Trump has a narrow edge over President Biden after the 46th president’s disastrous debate performance last month, a Fox News poll found, but the election cycle was thrown into disarray Sunday when Biden announced he won’t seek re-election.

"It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term," Biden said in his letter posted to X on Sunday afternoon.

Biden was ahead by two points last month (50%-48%), and now Trump is ahead by 1 point (49%-48%), which is also exactly where things stood in May, a Fox News national survey published last week found.

Democrat strategist Julian Epstein told Fox News Digital that a "ham sandwich" would likely perform better in polls than Biden when asked how Trump would fare against a candidate other than the president.

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"At this point, a ham sandwich would probably have a greater likelihood of success in the general election than Biden," he said. "There are generic polls out there that suggest a young candidate versus Trump does well."

"If the Democrats were smart, they would find a younger, attractive governor [in] their 40s or 50s who was in the political center. But Democrats being smart in the circumstance is giving them a huge benefit of the doubt," Epstein added.

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Biden endorsed Harris shortly after his announcement. Other Democrats such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and former Secretary