Can Obama rescue Joe? Panicked ex-president makes frantic calls to Biden’s chief of staff and was in the White House last week warning the 2024 rematch with Trump could end in disaster

Former President Barack Obama is increasingly concerned about President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign, according to a new report from CNN.

The former president went to the White House on Friday to express his concerns directly to Biden for “several hours,” according to the report, expressing his concerns about the 2024 campaign.

Obama also speaks regularly with Biden by phone and is in direct contact with his White House chief of staff, Jeff Zients.

Obama’s close involvement with Biden’s team only adds to the growing perception that he is helping run the country from behind the scenes as the 81-year-old president runs for re-election.

Obama sees the campaign’s current position as an “all hands on deck” moment, the report said, working with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to promote Biden, who continues to struggle in the surveys.

Obama will team up with Biden and former President Bill Clinton on Thursday for a massive fundraiser in Manhattan. The three will sit down for a forum with late-night host Stephen Colbert at Radio City Music Hall.

Tickets cost up to $500,000 each for special access to receptions with the three presidents. With a donation of 100,000 euros, the donor receives a photograph taken with the three presidents by photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Celebrities Anna Wintour, Mindy Kaling, Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo and Lea Michelle are expected to attend.

Obama always worried that Biden would embarrass himself during the 2020 election, when many Democratic elites and donors considered him too old and out of touch to run a successful campaign.

“Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to screw things up,” Obama reportedly he told a Democrat during the 2020 campaign.