{"id":358618,"date":"2026-05-28T22:27:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jill-biden-says-she-thought-joe-biden-was-having-a-stroke-during-2024-debate"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:27:56","slug":"jill-biden-says-she-thought-joe-biden-was-having-a-stroke-during-2024-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jill-biden-says-she-thought-joe-biden-was-having-a-stroke-during-2024-debate","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden says she thought Joe Biden was having a stroke throughout 2024 debate"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former first lady Jill Biden said she was “frightened” when watching her husband, former President Joe Biden, in his first and only debate performance during the 2024 presidential election and thought he was having a stroke on stage.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t horrified, I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since, never,”\u00a0Biden said to\u00a0CBS News Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver in an interview airing Sunday on CBS.<\/p>\n

The broadcaster has released an excerpt of the interview.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know what happened. I mean, when I,\u00a0as I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh my God,\u00a0he’s having a stroke,’ and it scared me to death,”\u00a0the former first lady said later on in the clip.<\/p>\n

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Jill Biden, Former First Lady of the United States and Chair of the Milken Institute Women’s Health Network, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference 2026 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May, 5, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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After Biden’s halting performance<\/a> during the June 2024 debate, many in the Democratic Party called on him to drop out of the presidential election — which he did about three weeks later<\/a>, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

Immediately following his lackluster performance, Biden and his wife sought to reassure supporters that he was up to the task of serving as president for four more years.<\/p>\n

At a rally the day after the debate, Biden acknowledged his shaky performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Folks, I don\u2019t walk as easy as I used to. I don\u2019t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don\u2019t debate as well as I used to, but … I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong, and I know how to do this job,” he told the crowd.<\/p>\n

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President Joe Biden gestures during a presidential debate with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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At a fundraiser in New York City\u2019s Greenwich Village following the debate, the former first lady also addressed his debate performance.<\/p>\n

“So, let’s talk about last night’s debate, because I know it’s on your minds,” she reportedly said. “As Joe said earlier today, he’s not a young man. And you know, after last night’s debate, he said, ‘You know, Jill, I don’t know what happened. I didn’t feel that great.’ And I said, ‘Look, Joe, we are not going to let 90 minutes define the four years that you’ve been president.'”<\/p>\n

In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos<\/a> a week after the debate, Biden said his poor performance was not the result of any serious condition and chalked it up to a “bad episode,” saying recent international travel and a bad cold had left him exhausted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“No indication of any serious condition. I was exhausted. I didn’t listen to my instincts in terms of preparing and — and a bad night,” he said.<\/p>\n

The interview with CBS News comes ahead of the former first lady’s book, “View from the East Wing: A Memoir,” which is being released on June 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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