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It's very difficult for ambitious people to admit that they're done. Once you reach the pinnacle, it's hard to give up, because the only way forward is down. LBJ is held up as an example, but it was difficult for him, too:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson
Consider how screwed up the SC is right now. Yes, a lot of that is due to Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham playing games, but it's also due in no small part to RBG not resigning when many told her she ought to. Now, it's quite clear that she was capable of the job at the time, and would only be stepping down for political expediency, so Obama could have named a younger replacement. If RBG had retired, and the court was less of a clusterfuck, we might not have appreciated how important that moment would have been.
It's hard enough to take the car keys away from Grandpa, it's harder to take the keys to power away.
People aren't even really trying to take Biden's keys away...
They're just saying we're not letting him drive the kids to Country Kitchen Buffet anymore.
We don't know if there's going to be an accident this time, or ever.
It's just bad risk assessment to let him keep going to until an accident happens
Even if he beats trump, that doesn't mean he'll be a capable president at 85 when this next term is up