Jill Biden says she thought Joe Biden was having a stroke during 2024 debate | Jill Biden
Jill Biden said she was “terrified” as she watched Joe Biden’s faltering performance during the 2024 presidential debate and thought her husband may have had a stroke.
“I was scared, because I had never seen Joe like that before or since. Never,” the former First Lady said. in question In a 30-second clip of an interview with CBS that will air Sunday.
“When I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh my God, he’s having a stroke,'” she said. “And it scared the hell out of me.”
Biden’s poor debate performance against Donald Trump in June 2024 sparked widespread alarm among Democrats, prompting calls for him to drop out of the race.
Under immense pressure, Biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed vice president Kamala Harris, leaving her with just 107 days to campaign ahead of the November 2024 general election.
Throughout the 90-minute showdown in Atlanta, the garrulous Biden, then 81, repeatedly stumbled over his words, taking long pauses and muttering inaudibly and occasionally incoherently.
At one point, his rambling response prompted Trump to quip: “I don’t really know what he said at the end of the sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”
Biden memorably tried to crack down on Trump’s tax cuts and national debt policies, but walked the line and instead declared: “We finally beat Medicare.” His team later clarified that he meant to say his administration had “beaten big pharma,” but the fallacy crystallized longstanding concerns about the mental acuity and physical condition of the United States’ oldest president.
Biden also steered clear of a question about reproductive rights, turning instead to references to women being killed by immigrants; It’s a return to one of his weaker areas, and a point often emphasized in Republican speeches.
Jill Biden has remained a staunch supporter of her husband throughout his decades-long political career. Jill Biden at a rally shortly after the June 2024 debate was praised she described her husband’s performance: “Joe, you did a great job. You answered every question. You had all the facts.”
Next week, the former first lady will release A View from the East Wing, a memoir about her time in the White House. In this article, she is expected to share her explanation for her husband’s alarming re-election campaign, as well as his monumental and historic decision to withdraw.
