US Presidnet Joe Biden's family has urged the US president not to quit the election campaign, even as donors discussed the alternatives if he pulled out following his disastrous performance in last week's first presidential debate with Donald Trump.
Mr Biden's family discussed the future of his campaign when they met for a long-planned photo shoot at Camp David in Maryland on Sunday, and told him he should "keep fighting", NBC,
Sky News' US partner said, quoting two sources familiar with the discussions.
His wife Jill Biden and Mr Biden's son, Hunter, the people whose opinions he values most, both insisted he should stay in the race as he's the best-placed candidate to defeat Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.
It was a view echoed by the rest of the family, who instead blamed the president's advisers for failing to prepare him properly.
Around 40 of Biden's top financial backers were briefed by campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, who told them most of the campaign's significant war chest would fall to Vice President Kamala Harris, with a smaller pool of money kept by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
It was one of several meetings in recent days in which campaign managers have tried to shore up support for Mr Biden, whom, they insist, can still win November's election.
But a Biden victory appeared a long way away as the 81-year-old Democrat candidate paused and stumbled his way through a gruelling TV debate on Thursday in Atlanta, his performance dismissed as an "unmitigated disaster" by some in his own party.
