First lady Jill Biden has taken a leading role in propping up President Biden, inviting comparisons to first lady Edith Wilson who took the reins at the White House a century ago when President Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke halfway through his second term.
President Joe Biden, from second left, and first lady Jill Biden, walk off stage at the conclusion of a presidential debate with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gerald …
At the same time, Mrs. Biden has been seen in leaked video footage leading a shuffling, unsteady Mr. Biden off the stage following the debate and delivering cringe-worthy, baffling praise of his performance at a watch party a short time later. Insiders, according to reports, say she’s the one who will decide whether Mr. Biden stays in the race or steps aside as the president grapples with cognitive problems from an aging mind and body that have become evident to voters.
“We don’t know the role Jill Biden’s been playing behind the scenes in the Biden administration, or what decisions she’s been making, but it’s clear, she has been making a number of decisions,” Michigan pollster Steve Mitchell said.Mrs. Biden appeared on the cover of Vogue, wearing a $5,000 Ralph Lauren suit, just days after Mr. Biden’s floundering debate performance and amid anonymous claims from within the administration she’s practically running the show.
Meanwhile, a new report from Axios based on anonymous White House staffers revealed that Mr. Biden can’t function for more than six hours a day, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. “Teaching isn’t just what I do. It’s who I am. And Joe understands this and he knows that the key to our tomorrow rests in our classrooms in making sure that our students are ready for the jobs of the future,” Mrs. Biden said.
Mrs. Biden, he said, “has always been his most important adviser” and nothing has changed in recent weeks. But he warned if reports are true that Biden family members are blaming campaign staff for Mr. Biden’s poor performance at the debate, “that’s a problem.”
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