US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on former first lady Jill Biden after she revealed she feared Joe Biden was “having a stroke” during their 2024 presidential debate.
In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump mocked Jill Biden’s comments and questioned why she did not intervene during Joe Biden’s troubled appearance on stage during the June 2024 showdown in Atlanta.
Trump’s comments came after excerpts from Jill Biden’s upcoming memoir and a CBS News interview were reported by US media outlets.
Jill Biden recalled fearing that something medically serious had happened to her husband during the debate, saying “As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, he’s having a stroke,’” she said. “And it scared me to death.”
According to excerpts from her memoir, Jill Biden also questioned whether Joe Biden had “short-circuited” or been “drugged” during the debate.
Trump seized on those remarks while criticizing Jill Biden for not stepping in during the debate, saying “She said that she thought he was having a ‘stroke,’ and various other really bad things, and yet never rushed onto the stage to help her troubled husband, as any good wife would do.”
