Former presidential adviser Van Jones says that Democrats are now actively planning to replace President Biden at the top of the 2024 presidential ticket. Former Obama presidential adviser Van Jones says Democrats have moved on from discussions about potentially replacing President Biden at the top of the party’s 2024 ticket – to now actively plotting on how they can get him to step aside. Jones says the party is now in "full-scale panic" behind the scenes as President Biden faces mounting pressure to abandon his re-election bid following his highly criticized debate performance against former President Trump last week.

"I understand people want to defend him and protect him and give him the space and the dignity to make his own choice," Jones said on CNN Wednesday, referring to Biden. BIDEN HAVING 'SENIOR MOMENT' IN DEBATE 'WON'T BE FORGIVEN,' VAN JONES SAYS Former Obama presidential adviser Van Jones, right, says Democrats are now actively working on replacing President Biden, left, with Vice president Harris at the top of the party’s 2024 ticket. (Andrew Caballero Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images, left, and Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Environmental Media Association, right.

) "But there is a big conversation happening right now about how this happens – not whether." Jones claimed the circumstances are akin to former President Trump where his surrogates would vouch for him in public, but behind the scenes it would be different. "I just got to be honest, everybody com.