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Jill Biden defends backing 2nd term for Joe Biden despite health concerns: ‘Had to be his decision’

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The former first lady also gave an update on the health of the 83-year-old former president after his prostate cancer diagnosis.

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  1. Trump Disputes Jill Biden’s Comments About 2024 Debate—Says Joe Biden ‘Choked’

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  2. Trump mocks Jill Biden over claim she thought Joe had stroke during debate

    Headline from New York Post ·

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    Jill Biden defends backing 2nd term for Joe Biden despite health concerns: ‘Had to be his decision’

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

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  1. Variety

    Jill Biden Thought Joe Biden Was ‘Having a Stroke’ During 2024 Debate With Donald Trump: ‘Scared Me to Death’ (opens Variety)

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    Jill Biden thought Joe Biden was 'having a stroke during his 2024 deabate with Donald Trump.

  2. New York Post

    Jill Biden shockingly admits she thought Joe was ‘having a stroke’ during disastrous 2024 debate with Trump (opens New York Post)

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    Jill Biden has revealed in a new interview that she thought her husband Joe was “having a stroke” during his infamous 2024 debate with Donald Trump.

  3. MyNorthwest

    Jill Biden says she feared Joe Biden was having a stroke during disastrous 2024 debate (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden feared her husband was having a stroke as she watched then-President Joe Biden stumble through a disastrous debate performance

  4. Newsweek

    How Jill Biden's reaction to Joe Biden's disastrous 2024 debate changed (opens Newsweek)

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    Jill Biden says she feared Joe Biden was having a stroke during his troubled 2024 debate performance.

  5. Deadline

    Jill Biden Thought Joe Biden Might Be Having A Stroke During 2024 Trump Debate (opens Deadline)

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    Jill Biden Thought Joe Biden Might Be Having A Stroke During 2024 Trump Debate

  6. Breitbart News

    Jill Biden: I Thought Joe Was Having a Stroke at Last Debate (opens Breitbart News)

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    In a forthcoming interview set to air on “CBS Sunday Morning," former First Lady Jill Biden said she was "horrified" and "frightened" by her husband, then-President Joe Biden's performance at his last presidential debate, because she thought he might be having a stroke. | Clips

  7. The Daily Caller

    Jill Biden Thought Husband Was Having Stroke During Disastrous 2024 Debate (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Former First Lady Jill Biden told CBS News that she thought former President Joe Biden was having a stroke during his poor 2024 debate performance.

  8. Fox News

    Jill Biden says she thought Joe was having a stroke during his disastrous 2024 debate performance (opens Fox News)

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    Jill Biden said she thought former President Joe Biden was having a stroke during his 2024 debate against Donald Trump, calling the moment frightening.

  9. CBS News

    Jill Biden says she was "frightened" by Joe Biden's 2024 debate performance, thought he was having a stroke (opens CBS News)

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    Former first lady Jill Biden said she thought her husband, Joe Biden, was having a stroke during the 2024 debate against Donald Trump.

  10. Washington Examiner

    Jill Biden says she thought Joe Biden had a stroke during 2024 debate (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Jill Biden's latest reaction to her husband's performance in the 2024 debate against Trump contradicts her praising Joe Biden at the time.

  11. New York Post

    Democrats enraged by Jill Biden’s book as ex-first lady puts Joe’s disastrous debate back in the news: ‘She must have had a stroke herself’ (opens New York Post)

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    WASHINGTON - Democrats are shaking their heads in disbelief at the timing of Jill Biden’s memoir and her change in tone about Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance.

  12. PJ Media

    Jill Biden Makes a Brutal Admission About Joe’s Disastrous Debate Night (opens PJ Media)

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    Jill Biden reveals her fear Joe Biden had a stroke during his disastrous 2024 CNN debate performance.

  13. CBS News

    Jill Biden says she thought Joe Biden was "having a stroke" during 2024 debate. Here (opens CBS News)

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    Jill Biden told CBS News "Sunday Morning" that her husband's performance in the 2024 debate "scared me to death." But her comments at the time did not reflect those concerns.

  14. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Jill Biden says she thought Joe Biden was ‘having a stroke’ during 2024 debate (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Jill Biden said in an interview clip that she thought her husband Joe Biden was “having a stroke” during his critical June 2024 debate.

  15. Al Jazeera

    Jill Biden worried husband Joe was ‘having a stroke’ during 2024 US debate (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The former US first lady said she had never seen former President Joe Biden act the way he did on the 2024 debate stage.

  16. The Daily Signal

    Jill Biden's Rewrite of Husband's Health History Exposes Media Lies (opens The Daily Signal)

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    Jill Biden really wants you to believe that she just had no idea that President Joe Biden was in steep mental decline until it was revealed in front of the

  17. Townhall

    Here's What Joe Biden Told Jill After He Got Wrecked by Trump in That Disastrous Debate (opens Townhall)

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    Jill Biden reveals insights on Joe Biden's 2024 debate struggles and White House politics in her memoir.

  18. The Guardian

    Jill Biden says she thought Joe Biden was having a stroke during 2024 debate (opens The Guardian)

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    In CBS interview set to air Sunday, former first lady says she was ‘frightened’ during husband’s debate with Trump

  19. Fox News

    Social media erupts after Jill Biden reveals she was 'horrified' watching Joe's disastrous debate (opens Fox News)

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    Jill Biden recalled thinking Joe Biden was having a stroke during his 2024 debate against Donald Trump, saying she had never seen him like that before or since.

  20. Fox News

    Jake Tapper refutes Jill Biden's claim she feared for husband's health at CNN debate (opens Fox News)

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    Jake Tapper said Jill Biden didn't act like anything was wrong when she approached moderators after the 2024 debate, despite now saying she feared Joe Biden was having a stroke.

  21. Washington Examiner

    Jill Biden is a terrible wife (opens Washington Examiner)

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    It’s hard to imagine Joe Biden was having a stroke during his 2024 debate, given Jill Biden claimed at the time her husband was as “sharp as ever.”

  22. Washington Examiner

    Trump piles on Jill Biden criticism over thinking Joe had a stroke during presidential debate (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump jumped on the criticism that Jill Biden has faced since saying she thought Joe Biden had a stroke during the 2024 debate.

  23. Forbes

    Trump Disputes Jill Biden’s Comments About 2024 Debate—Says Joe Biden ‘Choked’ (opens Forbes)

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    The former first lady writes in her new book that she thought her husband might have been drugged or having a stroke.

  24. New York Post

    Trump mocks Jill Biden over claim she thought Joe had stroke during debate (opens New York Post)

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    President Trump blasted former first lady Jill Biden on Friday morning over her claim that she thought her husband Joe was having a stroke during his disastrous 2024 debate.

  25. New York Post

    Dems ‘simply don’t believe’ Jill Biden’s claim she thought Joe was having a stroke during disastrous debate: report (opens New York Post)

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    Many Democrats – including former Biden aides – “simply don’t believe” Jill Biden’s stunning claim that she feared former President Joe Biden was having a stroke during the disastrous 2024 debate, according to a political journalist.

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