{"id":299029,"date":"2024-04-26T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/joe-biden-tells-howard-stern-he-contemplated-suicide-after-family-deaths"},"modified":"2024-04-26T13:01:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:01:06","slug":"joe-biden-tells-howard-stern-he-contemplated-suicide-after-family-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/joe-biden-tells-howard-stern-he-contemplated-suicide-after-family-deaths","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Tells Howard Stern He Contemplated Suicide After Household Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"51.0845341018\">\n<section id=\"cb-d50c0d9b77f5d904cbc4ebfe88aac39a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-3af82a00-fb29-472f-bfb8-43aa1b228ed6-165050415-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-3af82a00-fb29-472f-bfb8-43aa1b228ed6-165050415-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c3\/16by9\/2024\/04\/26\/c328c4a476c64dba8b2feba9417d97f3_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">The Howard Stern Show \/ Sirius XM<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d50c0d9b77f5d904cbc4ebfe88aac39a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-535a113628f69327d8f90c43fa9c56b0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.4181818182\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s opening up about his mental health struggles &#8230; saying he once considered taking his own life in one particularly low moment &#8212; but, his kids saved him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-535a113628f69327d8f90c43fa9c56b0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-05a23f59839d89bcb93fdbb1f7feb334\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.3333333333\">\n<p>POTUS sat down for an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/howard-stern\/\"><strong>Howard Stern<\/strong><\/a> on his SiriusXM show Friday, and spoke about his first wife <strong>Neilia<\/strong> and their infant daughter dying in a 1972 car crash &#8230; admitting he briefly thought about suicide.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-05a23f59839d89bcb93fdbb1f7feb334--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ae94cb50695959902032d3fc7a2b1c7b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20240426_79da299e27424c29987445bee371ee05\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6fc79955-06ee-4e0a-a78b-4948da64e040\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/79\/4by3\/2024\/04\/26\/79da299e27424c29987445bee371ee05_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Neilia Biden\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ae94cb50695959902032d3fc7a2b1c7b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-495856e559c70badf426b0454172a09c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.2282157676\">\n<p>Biden says a person doesn&#8217;t have to be crazy to consider this &#8230; adding he even thought about jumping off the Delaware Memorial Bridge &#8230; but ultimately decided against it because he had two other children, <strong>Beau<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/hunter-biden\/\"><strong>Hunter<\/strong><\/a>, to think about.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-495856e559c70badf426b0454172a09c--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f8d362873b63abf6ea58c3f83fbd0d66\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>The Prez clarifies he didn&#8217;t contemplate suicide because he wanted to die &#8230; but, instead, because life had knocked him down, and it didn&#8217;t feel like he&#8217;d ever truly be able to climb back to those same heights.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f8d362873b63abf6ea58c3f83fbd0d66--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3cabc71f2cc1edde5eea07f9826e9e69\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240426_1e54e757bab0404489572d43c4d5588f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6fc79955-06ee-4e0a-a78b-4948da64e040\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1e\/4by3\/2024\/04\/26\/1e54e757bab0404489572d43c4d5588f_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"joe Biden sub_\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3cabc71f2cc1edde5eea07f9826e9e69--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e9c182a0f4ac364216c715921d704e9e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>JB also says he almost drowned in his sorrow after Neilia&#8217;s death &#8230; regularly pulling out a bottle of scotch, but never taking a pull. Biden often talks about abstaining from alcohol because of rampant alcoholism in his family.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e9c182a0f4ac364216c715921d704e9e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-56e384d4336fc23c3cead04d710adc36\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.4864864865\">\n<p>46 says he never thought he could find happiness again &#8212; but that all changed when he started dating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jill-biden\/\"><strong>Jill Biden<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; something he says his sons were intricately involved in at the time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-56e384d4336fc23c3cead04d710adc36--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9ca5c6f200aec1323ef10e86f18deeba\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-0a7c10d4-e538-41fb-a73c-68ca12f177a8-38459990-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-0a7c10d4-e538-41fb-a73c-68ca12f177a8-38459990-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/25\/16by9\/2024\/04\/26\/25fb4cffd946428f84973f8d20795557_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">The Howard Stern Show \/ Sirius XM<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9ca5c6f200aec1323ef10e86f18deeba--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-06697d2d5889d5186afaacc78fff1535\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>There&#8217;s more &#8230; Joe also lifted the lid on his younger years during the interview &#8230; admitting he once got smacked by a bully in the neighborhood &#8212; and his mom told him to hit back, which he did. Biden says he ended up bloodying the kid, and his mom gave him a quarter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-06697d2d5889d5186afaacc78fff1535--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0069a46017ddd502f0053b64e7ad4860\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.5031847134\">\n<p>Biden&#8217;s interview came a day after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytco.com\/press\/a-statement-from-the-new-york-times-on-presidential-news-coverage\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>New York Times<\/strong><\/a> made a statement blasting him for avoiding media interviews. So &#8230; maybe a bit of damage control here.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0069a46017ddd502f0053b64e7ad4860--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fbb54aa7bb12f6c34756d38f019ef450\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fbb54aa7bb12f6c34756d38f019ef450--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8886070638cce24d9d43fb7d6b9c571a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Either way, Biden&#8217;s letting voters see a whole new side of him as the election approaches. We&#8217;ll have to wait and see if this new honesty pays off.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8886070638cce24d9d43fb7d6b9c571a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ff5b1e5b6b7852b0f32c256475b1060f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.2173913043\">\n<p><em>If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. 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