The Assassination of Joe Biden (Hypothetical Scenario)

TRIGGER WARNING: This page depicts an event that absolutely NOBODY should ever want to happen. Whether or not you are opposed against the President of the United States, assassination is NEVER the answer, as it'll only turn him or her into a martyr, not to mention will have SERIOUS consequences. If you find this scenario too upsetting, then it is best you do not read. Thank you for understanding, and let us all hope that this scenario NEVER takes place.
The Assassination of Joe Biden took place at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City at around 8:07 PM on September 19th, 2025, where the president was making a speech for Mayor Eric Adams' re-election campaign, and endorsing Governor Kathy Hochul for her re-election campaign in the 2026 New York Gubernatorial Re-election campaign. The assassination was perpetrated by Eugene Triffids (1987-2026), a war vet who served in the Iraq War from 2007 to 2009, and a die-hard Trump-supporter, who was one of the many people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021, but was never caught. His killing of the president was revealed to be part of a bigger plot that would've seen the assassination of other high-profile US Government leaders, as well as a few former ones (mostly Democrats). The event was the first successful assassination attempt against a US president since John F. Kennedy in 1963, and the aftermath of the tragedy had left the Republican Party in a complete disarray for the many years to come.
== Background ==
Joe Biden was re-elected in the 2024 election, defeating Republican Donald Trump and Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and both the House and Senate were taken back by Democrats. The victory of the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris re-election ticket, plus the democratic partial-landslide of the house (223-210) and the senate (51-47, with 2 independent senators leaning towards Democrats) sparked massive outrage from Republicans, especially members of the MAGA movement, and bitter disappointment for the Libertarian party. Earlier in April, Donald Trump was found guilty in the DC election subversion case, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, jeopardizing his 2024 campaign and losing the nomination to Ron DeSantis. Fears of a second January 6th-style insurrection loomed following the guilty verdict of Trump and a Joe Biden victory, but it was prevented thanks to increased security. During Biden's second inaugural speech, he stated how he will be able to get more done in his second term than he did in his first, and one of the statements he made was being able to codify Roe v. Wade, which was overturned by the Supreme Court in June 2022. He also stated he would be able to pass more voting rights acts into law.
Among the crowd of many people who attended the inauguration was Eugene Triffids, a far-right supporter of the MAGA movement and an Iraq war vet who served from 2007 to 2009 before he was dishonorably discharged from the US Military for bad conduct. When Biden concluded his speech, Triffids walked away in disgust, and, over the next couple of months, would come up with ambitious terror plot against the Democrats, including Joe Biden himself.
== The Assassination ==
=== Early Morning ===
On September 19th, 2025, President Joe Biden was on his way to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel to make a speech for Mayor Eric Adams' re-election for the 2025 New York Mayoral Election and to endorse Governor Kathy Hochul's re-election campaign for NY Governor in 2026. Earlier in the morning, US Air Force One had just landed at Teterboro Airport, and the presidential motorcade was on its way to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, via the George Washington Bridge. However, around 10:38 AM EST, as the motorcade had reached Times Square, there was a huge crowd of Trump supporters. Many of them, such anti-abortionists, pro-extremists, especially members of the "Free Trump" movement, which evolved following Trump's guilty verdict in October 2023, were there. Some protesters even took it further by attempting to breach the police line, one of which nearly made contact with the president's limousine. The motorcade had to be re-routed via 33rd Street and into the Park Avenue Tunnel in order to avoid the protesters following the incident. A police barricade was made in the area surrounding the Waldorf-Astoria, between 601 Lexington Avenue at 53rd Street, and 230 Park Avenue at 45th Street.
Biden began his speech at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at around 12:30 PM EST. During which, the protesters were slowly marching their way towards the police barricade. Biden's speech concluded at around 2:30 PM. During this time, Triffids had disguised himself as an NYPD officer, and had snuck his way past the police barricade and made his way up one of the buildings overlooking the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, 320 Park Avenue, carrying a briefcase which contained an AR-15-style Sniper Rifle, a GR-25, a souvenir he kept from his time in Iraq. Despite AR-15's being strictly prohibited in New York City, Triffids was able to sneak one into city boundaries without getting caught.
=== The Shooting ===
Around 8:04 PM, just minutes before the assassination, President Biden was meeting up with supporters who attended his speech before making his way to the limousine, which would take him to LaGuardia Airport to return to Air Force One, which had to be relocated in order for Biden to avoid the protesters. However, at 8:07, tragedy would strike.
Just before he can return to the limousine, Biden was shot in the chest, and the stomach. The Secret Service shoved him into the limo as soon as he shots rang out, and immediately drove him from the hotel. Panic ensued and the hotel was put on lockdown. Biden was rushed to the nearest hospital, the NYU Medical Center, as soon as one of the Secret Service agents noticed that he was bleeding from his chest, and feared he might suffer a potential heart attack. Eventually news of the shooting broke out, and both CNN and MSNBC were immediately the first to report, and FOX News was the last. Even normal programming was interrupted by broadcasts of the Emergency Alert System, at least in the New York Metropolitan Area.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who was at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the time, was informed of the shooting and was taken to a safe and undisclosed location to await for further instructions, during which she was getting ready assume the office of the presidency should the worst come to pass. Members of Congress, as well as members of the Biden Cabinet and members of the Supreme Court were even taken to safe and secure locations, and the country was on a high state of alert, as it was during and after the 9/11 attacks. In New York City, where the assassination took place, the Island of Manhattan was on lockdown, and the NYPD was on the hunt to look for the perpetrator. Landmarks such as the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, and Madison Square Garden (which was to house a BTS concert in a couple of weeks), were evacuated. All Bridges and Tunnels to and from Manhattan were closed, and Subway service to the island was suspended. Despite this, Triffids still found a way to escape, as he found a fishing boat underneath the Queensboro bridge. He would sail it towards Wildwood, New Jersey, where he set up a hideout before he can return back to his home in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Despite the doctors' best efforts, they were unable to save the president. Joe Biden was pronounced dead at 11:45 PM. He was 82 years old. He was survived by his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, and his children, Hunter and Naomi. After his death was confirmed, Kamala Harris was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States at the Pennsylvania State Capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
== Aftermath ==
=== Reactions ===
Biden's death caused shock and sadness throughout the entire US, and around the world. Members of the MAGA movement, however, celebrated the killing of Biden, which was condemned by many members of Congress, including New York Governor Kathy Hochul, House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, former House Speakers Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi, former Presidents and First Ladies Barack and Michelle Obama, George W. Bush and his wife Laura, and both Bill and Hillary Clinton. Republican congresswomen Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert were scrutinized for celebrating the death of Joe Biden, and would be censured as a result in the weeks following. Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Matt Gaetz, Ron DeSantis, and many other republicans who sided with Trump would recluse themselves from commenting on the killing of the president. 
Various world leaders, such as Canadian PM Pierre Poilievre, British PM Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian PM Antonio Tajani, King Charles III of England, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Indian PM Narendra Modi (who would resign due to health concerns in August 2026) Australian PM Anthony Albanese, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would share their condolences. Taiwanese President Cheng Wen-tsan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio da Silva, and Russian President Alexei Navalny would express their condolences as well.
The assassination had even affected social media, with YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter permanently suspending all users that were in support of the MAGA movement, with Twitter being a special case, as Elon Musk had sold the site to former Monzo Bank CEO Tom Blomfield in October 2025. With Twitter under the leadership of Blomfield, many well known alt-right users such as Catturd, LibsOfTikTok, etc. were permanently suspended off the platform. Alt-Tech Social Media Sites such as Parler, Gab, Rumble, etc., were permanently taken down by the FBI, and removed from many app stores on all mobile devices.
=== The FBI Raid, and manhunt for the perpetrator and his accomplices ===
An FBI raid at Eugene Triffids' hideout took place on September 22nd, following an APB on the boat he stole to get to Wildwood. The boat was found underneath the Grand Nor'easter roller coaster at Morey's Piers. However, Eugene had already taken off the previous day, and he and his friend Dwight Norfolk (who fought in Iraq alongside Eugene) had fled with a 1988 Jeep Cherokee (XJ) he rented from a car dealer 2 days prior to the assassination. While raiding the hideout, the FBI discovered that Triffids' attempt against Joe Biden was part of an even bigger plot. It was found out that Triffids had accomplices that would target other Democratic politicians. Eugene was eventually caught at an abandoned Wal-Mart just outside Charlotte, North Carolina on September 27th, following a tip-off from an anonymous Instagram model who recognized Eugene's face while on a date with her boyfriend at a Wendy's. A gun fight ensued at the abandoned Wal-Mart between the two fugitives and both FBI officers and the CMPD SWAT team. Eugene was shot in the leg while his friend was hit in the stomach. Both were taken to the Carolinas Medical Center, where Eugene recovered from the gunshot wound and was subsequently arrested by CMPD officers, while his friend Dwight died of major blood loss from the gun shot wound.
The accomplices and their roles were:
* Dwight Norfolk (1988-2025): A friend and fellow soldier of Eugene Triffids from the Iraq War, Dwight Norfolk was tasked with assassinating New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and NY Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado with WW1-era gas bombs at their homes. He carried out with the attempt against AOC, but the grenade thankfully failed to deploy. He abandoned the attempt against Delgado due to his residence being further upstate, in Schenectady, NY. Norfolk died as a result of the blood loss from the shootout at the abandoned Wal-Mart.
*Johnathan Hubert (1988-2027): A friend of Eugene Triffids from High School, also from Tampa Bay, Florida. His goal was to assassinate Vice President Kamala Harris with an IED Explosive, but he got cold feet and instead went to a bar near the Kennywood Amusement Park. He was eventually arrested for DUI the following morning.
* Catherine Lucille (1992-2027): A former ballet student. Catherine's role in the plot was to assassinate former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at her home in San Francisco with a SPAS-12 shotgun, but was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm at the South Hayward BART Station by SFPD officer George Damien before she could get any further.
* Maxwell Griffith (1990 - 2025): Another person who took part in the January 6th Insurrection, Maxwell Griffith's role was to assassinate US Attorney General Merrick Garland at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside DC, with an FN-F2000 Assault Rifle. He was able to break into Garland's home, but Garland was not present. He was later approached by MPDC officers, to which a gunfight ensued. Griffith was shot in the stomach, and would later die in hospital from the bullet wound.
* Xavier Davis (1986-2044) and Zachary Rivers (1985-2027): The 2 oldest of Triffids' accomplices, Xavier Davis and Zachary Rivers were both assigned to kill Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and New York Governor Kathy Hochul, with truck bombs. Like Hubert, they too chickened out, but would be arrested for suspicion of a stolen vehicle the next morning.
*Howard Pitman (1989-2031) and Rachel Pitman (1991-2027): Brother and sister who were both born and raised by white supremacist parents in Rural Georgia, their role was to assassinate Senator Raphael Warnock and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, also with truck bombs. However, they were both caught at the Five Points MARTA station by Atlanta PD officers for illegal possession of explosive devices before they could reach Warnock's Residence. 
* David Enrich (1994-2035): The youngest of the accomplices, David Enrich's role was to assassinate California Governor Gavin Newsom with a Gerber Mark II knife, during a speech at the Hollywood Bowl near Los Angeles. He slashed Newsom's arm, but was tackled by the Secret Service. He managed to break free from the arresting agents and stole a gun from one of them as he fled, only for the stolen gun to discharge by accident, with a bullet obliterating his manhood. He was left in severe pain and was rushed to the nearby Southern California Hospital at Hollywood, where he would be arrested by LAPD officers Brian Quentin and Courtney Hopkins shortly after his recovery.
=== The funeral and tribute concert ===
Biden's funeral was held on September 29th, 2025, at the Washington National Cathedral. Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton attended, as did Former Vice Presidents Dick Cheney, Mike Pence, Al Gore, and Dan Quayle. Members of Joe Biden's cabinet attended as well. Former First Lady Melania had also attended. Jill Biden, the widowed wife of the late president, gave a tearful eulogy during the funeral, and Melania Trump even stated how she regretted being married to someone like Donald Trump, whose presidency did a horrific amount of damage to the American political landscape, and how since her divorce from Donald, shortly before his conviction, wanted to help make the world a better place. She also stated how she and her son Barron would never want to be associated with the Trump name ever again.
Joe Biden was buried at the Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington DC, and a statue was unveiled in his honor at Liberty Park near the 9/11 memorial a month later. The BTS concert that was to be held in Madison Square Garden was cancelled, and subsequently replaced with a tribute concert to the late president, titled "The Concert for Joe Biden". The concert was held on September 30th, the day after the funeral. It was hosted by artists such as BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, The Weeknd, Demi Lovato, 5 Seconds of Summer, and even Green Day with their song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" as the assassination took place in the month of September.
=== The Trial and sentencing of the conspirators ===
The trial of Eugene Triffids and the 7 co-conspirators would begin on October 24th, 2025, and would conclude on January 15th, 2026, with all the defendants found guilty of high treason against the United States, and conspiracy to kill the president and other members of the US Government. Eugene was sentenced to death by lethal injection, and was executed on July 25th, 2026. Johnathan Hubert, Rachel Pitman, Zachary Rivers and Catherine Lucille were sentenced to death by hanging, and their execution took place at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center on June 30th, 2027, the prison's last day, before it was closed forever. Xavier Davis, Howard Pitman and David Enrich were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Howard Pitman was brutally beaten to death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago by fellow inmate Fredrick Stewards, a convicted sex-offender, on October 12th, 2031. Enrich would commit suicide by overdosing on fentanyl at the Bergen County Jail in New Jersey, on September 19th, 2035, the 10-year anniversary of the assassination, while Xavier Davis died of stomach cancer at ADX Florence (infamously known as Bomber's Row), on August 19th, 2044.
=== The years that followed ===
In the many years following Biden's assassination, life in America changed forever. MAGA was fully condemned and anyone who supported Trump was forbidden from running for office, following the Supreme Court ruling in favor of a case named "Bailey v. Ongar" in a landmark decision on May 25th, 2026. The many congressmen and women who supported Trump eventually condemned the MAGA movement, and those who didn't resign under protest or were forcibly removed from office. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley would both resign in disgrace in June, and opted to never run for office again. Many of the things Biden had promised, such as the codifying of Roe v. Wade, and the many voting rights acts, would be signed into law under President Harris as a last wish from the late president.
The democrats would continue going strong over the next decade, while republicans would spend the next few years trying to rebuild their reputation, distancing themselves from Trumpism. Democrats won the 2026 Midterm Elections by a landside, holding onto the house (245-190) and the senate (56-45). Kamala Harris had won the 2028 presidential election by a landslide with her running mate, Gavin Newsom, whom she nominated to become Vice President in December 2025. She defeated Republican challenger Kristi Noem, the former Governor of South Dakota and her running mate Lee Zeldin. Harris would be succeeded by Cory Booker and his running mate Beto O'Rourke following his victory in the 2032 election, defeating Republican former Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his running made former NJ Governor Chris Christie.
Donald Trump would die in prison from a fatal heart attack during his time in prison, on August 29th, 2029, and by that time, his ideology will have already begun to fade into nothing more than just another bad memory in American history. His ex-wife, Melania, would go on to become a humanitarian, even winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2034, and their son Barron would go on to become a famous basketball player, and would be a star member of the Tampa Bay Titans. The Republican party, after spending years of rebuilding their public image, would become victorious again in the 2036 presidential election, as Republican former Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan and his running mate, former Governor Spencer Cox, would win, defeating Cory Booker and Beto O'Rourke. Hogan would be the oldest-elected president at age 80, and would win re-election in 2040. However, Hogan would sadly die from a massive heart attack on February 14th, 2042, due to his declining health, leading congress to create the 28th Amendment, limiting those who are 70 or older from running for office.
American divisions would slowly fade away in the many years following, and society would continue on as normal. Biden would go down in history as a martyr, an American hero whose life was ended by an assassin's bullet, while Donald Trump would be remembered as a traitor and an enemy whose cowardice almost destroyed America and everything it stood for.
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