Just before the interview aired, a fourth Democratic House member – Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois – called on him to leave the race to give the party time to nominate someone else. In the Senate, John Warner of Virginia is reportedly trying to assemble a group of Democratic senators to ask Biden to drop out, according to The Washington Post.

In a sit down interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that aired Friday, Biden was asked about his rocky first debate performance, during which the president said he was dealing with "a really bad cold" and was exhausted after coming off a few weeks of international travel.