Sherlock Holmes likely couldn't make heads or tails out of the twisted, torturous convolutions surrounding the Biden campaign and old Joe's possible exit from the 2024 election. White House insiders are insisting he's staying in the race, while more and more national Democrat figures are demanding he should drop out — although few Democrats can hammer the square "Joe Biden isn't capable enough to be our candidate" peg into the round "Joe Biden is capable enough to remain in place as President of the United States" hole.

Now it's getting closer to home for old Joe; the word is his family is discussing possible exit plans. 

Members of President Joe Biden’s family have discussed what an exit from his campaign might look like, according to two people familiar with the discussions. 

The overall tone of the conversations has been that any exit plan — should Biden decide to take that step, as some of his closest allies increasingly believe he will — should put the party in the best position to beat former President Donald Trump while also being worthy of the more than five decades he has served the country in elected office, these people said.

Consider this for a moment. Given the history of Joe Biden and his family, is it really the party's best interests they have in mind? Or is it in their own best interests?

The family members Biden has relied on most include first lady Jill Biden, his son Hunter and his sister, Valerie Owens, as well as a few longtime close aides who have been at the core of the discussions.

The conversations about Biden’s political future have raged while he remains at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, sidelined after he tested positive for Covid on Wednesday.

It would be fascinating to be a fly on the wall in that Rehoboth Beach house right now, given all that has transpired in the last week — not least of which is Thursday evening's sudden appearance of Trump 2.0, the new and improved Trump, who is kicking Joe Biden's tuchus in the polls.

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Here's the thing: Joe Biden and his handlers will insist he's staying in the race...right up until they announce that he isn't, and that applies to the Biden family as well. And that begs the question: What kind of deals will be made to compensate the Biden family for the loss of influence resulting from no longer having their patriarch in power? If Joe Biden's career and his family's business ventures have shown us nothing else, they have shown us that influence is a valuable commodity, one that people in various places in the world (Ukraine, China) are willing to pay for.

Could there be some bargaining to try, in some way, to protect Hunter, who may be looking at a term in the crowbar hotel? Could they be negotiating for someone to pressure a major upholstery fabric manufacturer to give a steep discount to Jill's dress designer? What kinds of deals might be made?

The Biden family and the president's White House staff have spent the last few days insisting Joe Biden is staying in the race, and that he's in it to win it. But cracks are showing in that facade. There is almost certainly some negotiation going on, and if Joe does back out, we'll probably never know the extent of any deals that were made to grease Joe Biden's skids.