Jill Biden Defends Husband’s Fitness While Promoting Memoir
Former first lady says Joe Biden was "slowing down" but not cognitively declined and reveals his stage IV prostate cancer was missed during White House care.

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Dr. Jill Repeatedly Claims She Never Saw Signs that Joe Biden Was Falling Into Cognitive Decline - And CBS Mornings Host Isn't Even Buying It (VIDEO) * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila
Overview
Jill Biden said in a CBS interview released Sunday that she never saw signs her husband was falling into cognitive decline.
Her memoir "View from the East Wing," which comes out Tuesday, recounts that she feared he was having a stroke during the 2024 presidential debate and that he was "slowing down."
Top Democrats and a major Biden fundraiser called the memoir "unhelpful," and party leaders criticized its timing as reopening wounds from the 2024 campaign.
Mr. Biden, now 83, dropped out of the 2024 race on July 21, 2024, and was later diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
Democrats warned the book tour could drag the party back into 2024-era disputes ahead of the midterm elections, party aides and strategists said.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame Jill Biden's memoir as confirming concerns about Joe Biden's debate performance and health, emphasizing that the debate was his political 'undoing.' Editorial choices—use of evaluative terms like 'disastrously' and 'undoing,' prioritizing anecdotes about his 'bleary' look and the Waffle House stop, and leading with the debate—push a narrative that his fitness undercut his campaign.