Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 Presidential Election sent the political world reeling, but Democrats seem positive about the future.
Now questions remain as former Donald Trump looks to capitalize on the shake-up.
Will Dems throw their support behind a Harris ticket and who would be her VP?
Who would take the top of the ticket if not?
Does this open doors for Trump, or would a fresh candidate invigorate Democrats and undecided voters?
Will Biden step down from the last 6 months of his Presidency?
FOX 17 spent Monday morning getting the latest from local political experts on the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
"I think there will be some chaos," says Doug Koopman, a professor of political science for Calvin University on how the Democrats will handle Biden's decision to end a bid for re-election.
"What President Biden did is wait way too long for the Democrats to have a clearly calm, cool, collected, have a plan at all," explained public affairs expert, John Sellek.
Koopman reminds that not seeking re-election is a far cry from stepping down from the Oval Office, despite Republicans calling Biden's ability to finish the last 6 months of his term into question.
"A very legitimate concern is not necessarily President Biden this year, but two, three or four years down the road," Koopman stated.
Check out our interview on the History of Presidents not seeing re-election here:
"I think that convention will be an appreciation of President Biden is four years and passing the torch on," Koopman continued on how the party will handle the change. "So I do think [Harris is] very likely— not exactly sure yet— but very likely to be the presidential nominee."
"She's doing a good job locking it up," said Sellek of Harris's early presidential campaign, but reminds there's still a long road for the Vice President. "The Democrats can't simply undercut Joe Biden forced them out and then shoved Kamla Harris, and they still have to vote on this at their convention."
Sellek suggests that putting Governor Gretchen Whitmer on the ticket is still a possibility.
"[Harris] needs to potentially do something bold," he explained live on air with FOX 17's morning crew.
But there's a catch, says Sellek.
"Governor Whitmer has not explicitly endorsed vice president Harris quite yet. She's one of the few VP contenders who hasn't done that." Sellek pointed out. "Regardless, she has been an ally of Vice President Harris in the past."
Koopman believes Harris paired with the right VP candidate will ultimately strengthen the Democrats' chances of staying in the White House and winning congressional seats.
"It's much more about entire party and not just the top of the ticket that was really despairing the last three weeks since the since the presidential debate," explains Koopman.
A Harris ticket won't be official until she's named at the Democratic National Convention on August 19. Until then, the race for both spots on the ticket are technically open.
