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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.”
- Frame 1Jill Biden puts fresh election scrutiny on Joe Biden during a 2026 interview about the Trump debate.
- Frame 2She said she was frightened and had never seen him that way before or since.
- Frame 3At the time, she publicly praised the debate as calls for Biden to quit grew.
- Frame 4Biden left the race a month later, with 107 days until Election Day.
- Frame 5The account reopens scrutiny of Biden's fitness, family judgment, and the White House response.
- 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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