Very few Democrats have heard from sick President Biden after he dropped out of race

A downtrodden President Biden appears to be accepting his turn of fate privately, as few of his closest allies on Capitol Hill have heard from him since he dropped out of the 2024 running. 

The president has not made a public appearance in six days, recovering from a Covid-19 diagnosis at home in his Rehoboth beach house. 

He will be heading back to Washington, D.C., Tuesday afternoon, the first glimpse that Americans will get of their president days after his reelection exit.

On Sunday he sent shockwaves across the country when he caved to mounting pressure to step aside from the top of the Democratic ticket. The decision was revealed in a written statement posted to X. 

But aside from that, few tell DailyMail.com that they have heard from the president who prides himself on close relationships in Congress.

It's fueling wild online speculation that sick Biden may not be doing well behind the scenes, and could be seriously ill or even dead. 

House Democratic leadership largely had not heard from him. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., a close friend of Biden, has not spoken to the president since his decision, he told DailyMail.com. 

Neither has Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., vice chair of the Democratic Caucus, nor has Reps. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., top Foreign Affairs Democrat Greg Meeks, D-N.Y., or Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.

'I'm a big supporter of Biden. I want him to stay. I was angry when he got out, but when he endorsed Kamala, I joined,' Waters told reporters. 

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would not get into her private conversations with the president. 

Conservative conspiracies ran wild with some surmising that the president might be gravely ill or dead. But Biden called into a meeting at the campaign headquarters with the new presumptive Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. He's expected to give an address to the public on Wednesday. 

The president is still expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this week although the exact date has not been announced.

And he's canceled a scheduled fundraising trip to California and Colorado that was to take place at the end of the week, according to the Harris campaign. They will be rescheduled.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., a Biden campaign surrogate, did speak with the president after his drop-out. He said Biden sounded 'really gracious and he was, you know, he sounded like he was in good spirits.'

Rep. Steven Horsford, co-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said he'd been with Biden early last week. 

During the campaign call on Monday, the  81-year-old spoke in a scratchy voice to campaign staffers from his COVID and told Harris: 'I'm watching you kid'.

He pledged to help with the campaign and said he would continue to hit the trail as he spoke on a loudspeaker with his staffers who now work for Harris.

'I know yesterday's news is surprising and hard for you to hear, but it was the right thing to do,' the president said. 

'I know it's hard because you poured your heart and soul into me, to help us win this thing, help me get this nomination, help me win the nomination and then go on to win the presidency,' he continued.