- Location
- Colwyn Bay/Manchester
- Pronouns
- He/him
After Gary Hart's withdrawal, Joe Biden was seen as one of the frontrunners for the Democratic nomination in 1988, but his campaign collapsed in 1987 after a controversy about plagiarism of Neil Kinnock.
The following year aneurysm that he required major surgery and a seven moth convalescence to recover from an aneurysm.
Let's say he wins the nomination, trying to ignore his steadily increasing pain - and then is killed by the aneurysm shortly after the convention before most people have even realised he's ill.
What happens next? Who's his running mate and how do they end up doing against Bush? Assuming they still lose, does having had to start so late mean it's not seen as their fault and they're vaulted to frontrunner status for 1992?
The following year aneurysm that he required major surgery and a seven moth convalescence to recover from an aneurysm.
Let's say he wins the nomination, trying to ignore his steadily increasing pain - and then is killed by the aneurysm shortly after the convention before most people have even realised he's ill.
What happens next? Who's his running mate and how do they end up doing against Bush? Assuming they still lose, does having had to start so late mean it's not seen as their fault and they're vaulted to frontrunner status for 1992?