 Thanks for being with us. President Biden's decision to withdraw makes him the first sitting commander in chief to withdraw from the race since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, a move that historians say helped hand the White House to Republican Richard Nixon. NorthJersey.com says Johnson's decision in March of that year came amid a souring approval rating over his handling of the Vietnam War, despite several policy wins like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the creation of Medicare and Medicaid.