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Joe Biden’s disastrous debate with Trump

Jill Biden puts fresh election scrutiny on Joe Biden during a 2026 interview about the Trump debate

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The former first lady said in a CBS News interview she thought her husband was “having a stroke.”

  1. Frame 1Jill Biden puts fresh election scrutiny on Joe Biden during a 2026 interview about the Trump debate.
  2. Frame 2She said she was frightened and had never seen him that way before or since.
  3. Frame 3At the time, she publicly praised the debate as calls for Biden to quit grew.
  4. Frame 4Biden left the race a month later, with 107 days until Election Day.
  5. Frame 5The account reopens scrutiny of Biden's fitness, family judgment, and the White House response.
  6. Frame 6Next test: the Sunday interview and memoir tour face questions about what insiders saw.
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May 27, 6:52 PM EDT
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