<p>Former President Joe Biden&#8217;s top political aide, Mike Donilon, was paid $4 million for his work on Biden&#8217;s 2024 re-election campaign and promised an additional $4 million if Biden won, Donilon told congressional investigators on Thursday.</p>
<p>The news, first <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/31/donilon-biden-2024-reelection-testimony-congress">reported</a> by Axios, shows Donilon had a financial incentive to push Biden to run again and remain in the race as questions arose about the octogenarian president&#8217;s declining cognitive fitness and his ability to lead for another four years.</p>
<p>Donilon was interviewed during the GOP-led House Oversight Committee&#8217;s investigation into Biden&#8217;s fitness for office.</p>
<p>Donilon told the committee that Biden &#8220;continued to grow stronger and wiser as a leader as a result of being tested by some of the most difficult challenges any president has ever faced,&#8221; according to a copy of an opening statement obtained by Axios.</p>
<p>Donilon said he believed the nation overreacted to Biden&#8217;s debate performance, when both sides ridiculed him as appearing to be disoriented. Biden dropped out of the race less than one month later.</p>
<p>Donilon&#8217;s $4 million payday was first reported in the book &#8220;Original Sin,&#8221; which was co-written by Axios reporter Alex Thompson. The possible $4 million bonus if Biden won had not been previously reported. According to the book, Donilon left the White House to work on the re-election campaign in early 2024 and insisted on the multi-million-dollar deal. It also states that Biden&#8217;s campaign chair, Jen O&#8217;Malley Dillon, was paid $300,000 despite starting on the campaign at the same time as Donilon.</p>
<p>Donilon had worked for Biden for decades, Axios reported. Other Biden aides have suggested Donilon led the campaign into disaster because of his self-interest and affection for the former president, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>Axios said both Donilon and his spokesperson declined to comment.</p>
<p>&#8220;Original Sin&#8221; reported that Biden&#8217;s physician, Kevin O&#8217;Connor, believed the president&#8217;s aides were not doing enough to take care of Biden. He pleaded the Fifth when interviewed by the Oversight Committee about Biden&#8217;s mental state.</p>

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