Again, I refrain from too much speculation about the process of replacement, but I solidly affirm my 3-year-old prediction that Biden was always going to be replaced. In this article, talking about the granular details of Joe Biden’s current tenuous status, the following lead paragraph indicates to me that Joe will soon be gone.

If it is now accepted that Hunter Biden and Jill Biden are the official gatekeepers for the White House and the office of the presidency, then that indicates no other White House officials or advisors are trusted to take that role.

If this is true, that means all of the professional political networks, the concentric circles that surround the Office of the President, have collapsed.  That Occam’s razor of the current status seems to be corroborated by the fact that not a single administration official is on the Sunday talk shows defending Joe Biden.  Let that sink in.

Here’s the lead from Axios:

We’re now in uncharted, historic waters: President Biden — backed by first lady Jill Biden and his convicted son, Hunter, who’s serving as de facto gatekeeper for longtime friends — says that nothing, besides an act of God, will persuade him to quit his re-election campaign.

But outside Biden’s protective bubble, a fast-growing number of Democrats are praying for —and plotting — a more earthly intervention. They want everyone from the Obamas to congressional leaders to beg Biden to drop out by this Friday. (read more)

Again, as a singular static datapoint, that Axios framework is tenuous.  However, with the absence of the defenders on the Sunday talk circuit, that framework looks entirely accurate.

Joe Biden is alone.