Overview
- Jill Biden told CBS she was “frightened” as she watched the June 27, 2024 CNN debate and thought her husband might be having a stroke.
- CBS published a 30‑second preview clip Wednesday of a longer interview that will air before her memoir View From the East Wing is released next week.
- Her new account contrasts with the public scene that night when she praised his performance at a post‑debate event, a discrepancy that has drawn sharp criticism.
- The debate prompted immediate calls from lawmakers to remove Biden from the ticket and he withdrew from the 2024 race on July 21, 2024, leaving Kamala Harris to run in a shortened campaign.
- Coverage has split along partisan lines and journalists say the disclosure could prompt renewed questions about internal handling of the president’s health, which followed Joe Biden’s 2025 disclosure of advanced prostate cancer.