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The media tour from the Bidens, including this recent stop on The View, seems designed to counteract that narrative before the floodgates open. But rather than reassure Americans, it likely did the opposite.
At one point during the show, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin brought up the elephant in the room: Biden’s mental sharpness. The President attempted to push back against the criticism.
“They are wrong. There’s nothing to sustain that. Number one. Number two, you know, think of what we were left with. We were left with a circumstance where we had an insurrection when I started — not since the Civil War. We had a circumstance where we were in a position that we — well, the pandemic, because of the incompetence of the last outfit and up over a million people dying, a million people dying,” Biden said.
But it was what happened next that had Americans raising their eyebrows. Biden’s voice weakened. His words trailed off into a disjointed ramble. His thought collapsed under its own weight.
“And we were also in a situation where we found ourselves unable to deal with a lot of just basic issues, and which I won’t go into in the interest of time. And so we went to work and we got it done and, you know, one of the things that — well … I’m talking too long,” he finished, almost apologetically.
That’s when Jill Biden jumped in. Like a parent trying to explain for a forgetful child, she rushed to clarify and rewrite her husband’s message.
“Alyssa, you know, one of the things I think is that the people who wrote those books were not in the White House with us. And they didn’t see how hard Joe worked every single day,” she said. “I mean, he’d get up. He’d put in a full day, and then at night he would — I’d be in bed, you know, reading my book and he was still on the phone, reading his briefings, working with staff. I mean, it was nonstop.”
She went even further in her defense, attempting to paint the presidency as a role her husband handled effortlessly.
“The White House — being president is not like a job. It’s a lifestyle. It’s a life that you live. You live it 24 hours a day,” she added. “That phone can ring at 11:00 at night or 2:00 in the morning. It’s constant. You never leave it. And Joe worked really hard. I think he was a great president and if you look at things today, give me Joe Biden any time.”
That last line struck a nerve. Social media users immediately began mocking the idea that Joe Biden was up fielding calls at 2:00 a.m., especially after reports have surfaced that the President’s functioning hours are often limited to late morning through early afternoon.
To many viewers, this wasn’t just awkward—it was painful. It showed how far gone the administration’s talking points have gone. Jill Biden’s defense—rooted in effort, not performance—sounded less like a campaign pitch and more like a Little League mom praising a child who tried his best but never quite kept up with the game.
Her comments didn’t reassure the public. They confirmed what many had feared: Joe Biden isn’t running the country. Jill Biden is running interference.
And this time, she couldn’t stop the damage from being broadcast in front of millions.
