Jill Biden’s memoir reflects on Joe Biden’s poor debate performance against Donald Trump and her uncertainty about why it went so badly. She describes noticing that he looked “bleary” in their hotel suite in Atlanta before the debate and feeling confident he would perform well because major events energized him. During the debate, she observed that he did not seem like himself from the start and he said something out of turn about beating Medicare. She wondered whether he was having a stroke. The debate performance intensified concerns about his ability to serve another term, contributed to his withdrawal from the reelection bid, and led to his endorsement of Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump. The memoir also covers his prostate cancer diagnosis, Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial, and her balancing of first lady duties with teaching.
"Jill Biden writes that her husband “looked bleary” in their hotel suite in Atlanta before the debate. She was confident he would do well, she said, because big events energized him. But when the CNN-sponsored event began, “I immediately noticed that Joe didn't look good. He didn't seem himself from the opening.”"
"A few minutes in, he said something out of turn about how “we finally beat Medicare.” “Is he short-circuiting? I thought,” she wrote. “Is this a stroke? It felt like we were watching an AI hologram of the man we knew, and the holo”"
"The Democrat's performance ultimately proved to be his undoing as he campaigned for reelection, amplifying concerns about whether the then-81-year-old could serve a second term. He ultimately dropped his bid under pressure from within his party and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, who lost to the Republican Trump."
"The book also covers his prostate cancer diagnosis after leaving office and their son Hunter's federal trial on gun charges, among other issues during Joe Biden's term, along with how she juggled the added responsibilities of being first lady and her teaching career."
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