# President Joe Biden and the runup to the 2024 election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 15, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384 "2021-11-15T14:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 83
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1653 "2024-07-22T04:58:15Z")
An interesting look at how this all works now that Biden as dropped out from YouTuber Legal Eagle (16 minutes): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mPt-4Eqr35I/maxresdefault.jpg "What Happens Now That Biden Dropped Out?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPt-4Eqr35I) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1654 "2026-05-28T19:09:07Z")
Bumped. Wow. Just… wow. CNN: Jill Biden reignites the Democrats’ age argument by questioning if Joe Biden had a stroke during 2024 debate > **[Jill Biden reignites the Democrats’ age argument by questioning if Joe Biden...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/jill-biden-joe-biden-debate-stroke)** > > Jill Biden’s new comments about Joe Biden’s disastrous 2024 debate have reignited a conversation that tore the Democratic Party apart during and after the now-former president’s performance. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1655 "2026-05-28T19:42:49Z")
This is actually pretty smart in the run-up to Trump’s 80th. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1656 "2026-05-28T19:45:57Z")
Pretty much There’s no chance he’s running again, so if this causes any kind of actual debate, it’s a literal demonstration of why you don’t waste time fighting the _last_ war instead of preparing for the _next_ one ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1657 "2026-05-28T21:36:07Z")
I have a hard time believing that the wife of Biden, who has more private access to him than anyone else on Earth, only saw Joe’s slowness and mental stumbling for the first time on national TV and that she’d seen nothing but him spry and healthy up to that hour. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1658 "2026-05-28T21:42:22Z")
If what you’re saying is true, and Jill is lying, then what is your explanation for why she is bringing it up now? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1659 "2026-05-28T21:50:32Z")
She’s got a book to sell. Gotta cash in somehow. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1660 "2026-05-28T21:58:05Z")
Other than not really caring, what’s Melania’s excuse? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1661 "2026-05-28T22:50:32Z")
Update: I just heard on NBC News that she actually thinks he was DRUGGED. Biden, not Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1662 "2026-05-28T22:56:28Z")
Maybe she’s trolling Trump into actually running again. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1663 "2026-05-29T00:42:53Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Update: I just heard on NBC News that she actually thinks he was DRUGGED. > > Biden, not Trump. I did not watch or listen. But press reports says she actually thinks, or thought, drugs might be one explanation of the debate performance, another possibility being a stroke. Associated Press: [In “View from the East Wing,” a memoir about her White House years that’s being published next Tuesday, she said she still doesn’t know why her husband performed so disastrously that day.](https://www.wral.com/news/ap/5e91d-in-new-memoir-jill-biden-wonders-whether-acknowledging-joes-poor-debate-would-have-been-better/) So what’s true? Does she actually thinks he was DRUGGED? Or, as AP says, she does not know? I vote for the AP. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1664 "2026-05-29T01:02:09Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > But press reports says she actually thinks, or thought, drugs might be one explanation of the debate performance, another possibility being a stroke. He was suffering from Jet Lag and a severe cold, iirc, and prescribed or even OTC drugs could have caused a debate impairment. I am pretty sure, Dr Jill Biden didnt mean some MAGA snuck some illegal drugs into Joes beverage. I have known pretty sharp dudes who were on OTC cold or seasick OTC medicines to be pretty out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1665 "2026-05-29T01:39:10Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Update: I just heard on NBC News that she actually thinks he was DRUGGED. > > Biden, not Trump. Something interesting has happened. I heard that story, as well, and I went to the NBC News website to find the actual quote. The story is not on the home page. Nowhere. Donald J. Trump, Jr.'s wedding is on the home page, but nothing about Jill Biden. So I looked on the Politics page. Not there, either. The story about Trump and E. Jean Carroll is there, but nothing about Biden. Seems odd that after giving the story a prominent place on the evening news, NBC can’t find a place for it on their website. Especially since as I’m typing this, some stations on the West Coast are still running NBC Nightly News. Can’t blame this one on Trump - he’d like nothing more than to keep the 2020 debacle in the news. Can’t blame it on pressure from the Bidens. My conclusion is that the powers that be at NBC decided the story is a nothingburger and walked away from it. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1666 "2026-05-29T23:09:13Z")
I just Googled “was Joe Biden drugged” and there are a lot of hits. One wonders what would lead them to delete a legitimate story. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1667 "2026-05-30T03:25:10Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I just Googled “was Joe Biden drugged” and there are a lot of h Mostly meaningless. I dont think any sane person, meant anything but legal drugs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/1668 "2026-05-30T03:59:03Z")
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