Let's be brutally honest, they'd never allow someone like AOC (who is in the same cloth as Bernie) become the D's nominee.
I mean, Gavin isn't ENTIRELY to blame for Cali's woes, right? He isn't THAT bad, right? :/ Anyhow, JD was a lock for the presidency until the whole Epstein saga happened. That and JD's association with Thiel will inevitably hurt him in the debates, let's not kid ourselves.