As confidence in Joe Biden’s ability to lead the country wanes among both Democrats and the public, the president has a ballast behind-the-scenes attempting to keep his re-election bid on course: Jill Biden . Biden’s disastrous performance at the first debate of the 2024 election against Donald Trump thrust his mental fitness into the limelight. Within the past week, three senior Democrats have either publicly called on the president to stand aside or announced he would lose the election, and Trump now has a six-point lead in the latest The Wall Street Journal poll.
The 73-year-old first lady, however, has publicly painted a rosy picture of her husband’s performance. “Joe you did such a great job,” Dr. Biden proclaimed in the immediate aftermath last Thursday, before adding: “You answered every question!” In the days since, she has remained steadfast — both in public and in private — in her belief that he should remain in the race.
“[We] will not let those 90 minutes define the four years he’s been president,” Biden told Vogue after reflecting on the debate debacle. By Tuesday, Dr. Biden was by the president’s side as he campaigned in Pennsylvania, smiling and engaging with the crowd, Rep Nanette Barragan told NBC News .
“I couldn’t see anything that would tell me that something was happening and something else was going on,” she said in the aftermath of the debate. Democratic party strategist Hank Sheinkopf recently told the Guardian that the .