Jill Biden says husband "was slowing down" but wasn't in cognitive decline

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Jill Biden said she ne'er saw signs that her husband, erstwhile President Joe Biden, was successful cognitive decline, but acknowledged helium was "slowing down" arsenic helium ran for reelection.

"CBS Sunday Morning" analogous Rita Braver asked the erstwhile archetypal woman whether she saw signs that her hubby was "falling into cognitive decline."

"No," Jill Biden said.

Braver cited the public's concerns astir the president's intelligence acuity: "People were saying helium wasn't the aforesaid Joe Biden."

"He was the same, the essence of the aforesaid Joe Biden, but yeah, helium was slowing down. He was getting older. It's a precise aggravated job. I deliberation it ages you — quickly," Jill Biden replied, successful an interrogation airing Sunday, May 31, connected CBS.

She besides said that she was "frightened" by her husband's mediocre show connected signifier during the 2024 statesmanlike statement and thought helium was having a stroke.

"I was frightened, due to the fact that I had ne'er ever seen Joe similar that earlier oregon since. Never," she said. "I don't cognize what happened. As I watched it, I thought, 'Oh, my God, he's having a stroke.' And it frightened maine to death."

Nearly a period aft the disastrous statement performance, Joe Biden dropped out of the statesmanlike contention against Donald Trump, 107 days earlier Election Day.

Jill Biden talked astir the election, her husband, her caller book, "View From the East Wing: A Memoir," and much successful a wide-ranging interview.

Watch much of Jill Biden's interrogation connected "Sunday Morning" May 31 astatine 9 a.m. connected CBS stations and streaming connected Paramount+.

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