Latest Biden troubles come as Democrats mull whether he's their best 2024 bet

President Joe Biden is increasingly looking like a candidate for reelection, but the latest controversies encircling his White House raise new questions about whether Democrats should welcome that fact.

The pendulum on Biden’s reelection swung back in his favor after Democrats successfully weathered the midterm elections, retaining the Senate and minimizing House losses. Biden was not immediately reduced to lame-duck status.

But Republicans did win the House and will be in a position to give fresh scrutiny to the shady business dealings of Hunter Biden. This comes on top of a classified documents scandal that is of the president’s own making.