In politics, attention is currency, and timing is all about how you spend it.

And the Democratic Party has been looking lately as if its fortunes are turning around, thanks to President Donald Trump's distracted and scandal-prone administration and his listless, lie-down Republican allies in Congress.

But then came a week of headlines about former President Joe Biden and his family. And that's exactly not where the Democratic Party wants to be spending any attention, with the midterm elections that will determine which party controls Congress less than five months away.

But there they were, a party roiled by a reemergent Biden family, casting a light on just how desperate the Democrats are to stay focused on Trump and his astounding array of sideshows and screwups.

Former President Joe Biden decided to promote his book

Let's start with the head of the family.

President Biden's 2024 bid for a second term was derailed by serious questions about his age and health, a controversial conversation that exploded into a full-blown scandal after he flamed out in his first – and only – debate with Trump.

That troubling memory, which led to Biden dropping out of the race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, is nothing the Democrats want to be talking about from now to November, or after that,........

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