Jill Biden says she was "frightened" after debate. Here's what she said at the time.

Washington — Former archetypal woman Jill Biden said she thought her hubby was "having a stroke" during then-President Joe Biden's disastrous show successful the 2024 statement that preceded his departure from the race. 

"I was frightened, due to the fact that I had ne'er ever seen Joe similar that earlier oregon since. Never," she said successful an interrogation for "CBS News Sunday Morning," which volition aerial Sunday.

The erstwhile archetypal woman said her husband's show successful the statement "scared maine to death." But her comments astatine the clip did not bespeak what she present says were her concerns.

Biden and then-GOP statesmanlike nominee Donald Trump faced off connected June 27, 2024, successful what was expected to beryllium their archetypal statement successful the pb up to November's election. But the statement brought questions implicit Biden's quality to enactment successful the contention — and calls for him to measurement speech — to a fever pitch, and yet contributed to his determination to wantonness his bid for a 2nd term. 

When the brace appeared connected the statement signifier successful Atlanta, Biden alarmed Democrats arsenic he, with a raspy voice, stumbled done galore of his answers, often mislaid his bid of thought and struggled to pass his positions. The president, who was 81 astatine the time, had a engaged question docket successful the pb up to the debate, and his run chalked up his show to a cold.

During 1 infamous reply during the debate, Biden struggled to signifier a coherent effect to a question astir taxation rates and the nationalist debt, earlier concluding "Look, if we yet bushed Medicare."

Speaking to supporters aft the debate, Jill Biden said, "Joe, you did specified a large job. You answered each question, you knew each the facts," and she joined the assemblage successful chanting "four much years." The mates past made a halt astatine a Waffle House, wherever the then-president said "I deliberation we did well" and said helium had a sore throat.

In the days pursuing the debate, the Biden household gathered astatine Camp David, wherever a root told CBS News astatine the clip that they encouraged him to enactment successful the contention and support fighting. When a Vogue Magazine screen communicative connected the archetypal woman came retired days later, an editor's enactment detailed however Jill Biden told the mag from Camp David that the then-president "will not fto those 90 minutes specify the 4 years he's been president."

"We volition proceed to fight," she said, adding the president "will ever bash what's champion for the country."

On July 21, 2024, Biden dropped out, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to instrumentality the spot astatine the apical of the Democratic ticket. Months later, Jill Biden told ABC News his exit was the "right call."

Now, the erstwhile archetypal woman is sharing a fuller representation of her absorption to the statement performance, successful a wide-ranging interrogation connected the election, the erstwhile president and her forthcoming book. 

Jill Biden said she is aiming to "set the grounds straight" connected her clip arsenic archetypal woman done the book.

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