Tonight's prime-time speech by Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., 81, will be a heartfelt passing of the torch. He'll herald Vice President Kamala Harris, who'll turn 60 in October, as the future of the party and the country.
Biden's friends tell us that as the president heads to his Democratic National Convention sendoff in Chicago tonight, he's somewhat relieved and pretty nostalgic - but also still stunned and pissed about the way he was pushed out of his re-election race.
He'll remind us that his life in politics - from senator-elect at 29, to Judiciary and Foreign Relations chair, to vice president to president of the United States - has always been about you the people, not special interests.
For the first time in the epic life of Scranton Joe, it's the end of the road. Until now, aides had compared Biden with a shark - to breathe, he has to keep moving.
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