The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House

Review “The juicy new Biden book [that] is plenty revealing.” — Politico West Wing Playbook “(Whipple is) exactly the person you want to talk to right now.” —John Dickerson, CBS News “In this feat of a book, Whipple assesses the Biden presidency at the halfway point [and] has managed what seems to be a first: a two-year running conversation with a White House chief of staff. Whipple’s comprehensive approach adds dimension to the news stream and Whipple shines when he lets people talk… The Fight of His Life is a herculean effort. For any future writer eager to describe Biden’s first two years, this will be the book cited first and most often.” — New York Times Book Review “An inside account of the president’s term…Whipple enjoys stunning access to some of the most senior policymakers in the country.” — Washington Post “[An] assured account of the president’s first two years in power...fascinating and timely.” — The Guardian “Compelling.” — Margaret Brennan, Face the Nation “Offers unique insights into the Administration.” — Newsweek “With The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House, Chris Whipple has taken a crack at assessing Biden midstream, and Whipple’s credentials make him an excellent candidate to do so….There are many insider-y observations in [his] book. . . He is a sharp observer and sympathetic listener and deploys his access to the Biden White House to put you straight into the president’s mind, the book’s considerable strength.” — Air Mail “[A] closely observed account of the accomplished yet beleaguered Biden White House [in which] Whipple delivers a few dishy bits of inside baseball. There’s more to the current administration than meets the eye, and Whipple is a reliable, readable interpreter.” — Kirkus Reviews “A fascinating insider’s account of the first two years of the Biden administration…Whipple provides a balanced assessment of the administration’s successes and failures…Distinguished by Whipple’s impressive access and incisive character sketches, this is a valuable first draft of history.” — Publishers Weekly About the Author Chris Whipple is an author, political analyst, and Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker. He is a frequent guest on MSNBC, CNN, and NPR, and has contributed essays to The New York Times , The Washington Post , Los Angeles Times , and Vanity Fair . His first book, The Gatekeepers , an analysis of the position of White House Chief of Staff, was a New York Times bestseller. His follow-up, The Spymasters , was based on interviews with nearly every living CIA Director and was critically acclaimed. Whipple lives in New York City with his wife Cary. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One: What Will You Do If He Loses? ONE WHAT WILL YOU DO IF HE LOSES? Joe Biden was restless. It was late April 2020, nearly seven months before the presidential election. Biden hadn’t even won the Democratic nomination yet; only a few months earlier, after dismal showings in the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primary, pundits had declared his candidacy dead. But after a stunning victory in the South Carolina primary and a string of primary wins across the South, Biden was almost sure to be his party’s nominee against Donald Trump. At his home in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden called up an old friend, Ted Kaufman, his next-door neighbor. “ Read more