<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former first lady Jill Biden said she feared President Joe Biden was &#8220;having a stroke&#8221; during his disastrous 2024 debate performance against Donald Trump.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was frightened,” she told CBS News. “I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since. When I watched it, I thought, &#8216;Oh my God, he’s having a stroke.&#8217; And it scared me to death.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>CBS released a 30-second preview clip on Wednesday ahead of the full interview, which will be broadcast on Sunday.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Former first lady <a href="https://x.com/DrBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrBiden</a> said she was “frightened” by her husband Joe Biden’s performance at the 2024 presidential debate.</p>
<p>“As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death,” Biden told CBS News Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver in an… <a href="https://t.co/1wS5oGDYyX">pic.twitter.com/1wS5oGDYyX</a></p>
<p>— CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 (@CBSSunday) <a href="https://x.com/CBSSunday/status/2059729439097848038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite privately fearing something was seriously wrong, Jill Biden publicly praised the president after the debate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question,” she told him on stage afterward. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Biden’s performance sparked immediate concern from both Democrats and Republicans and intensified scrutiny over his mental and physical fitness for office. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CNN anchor Jake Tapper later co-authored a book about the &#8220;cover-up&#8221; of Biden’s cognitive decline, with many Democrats viewing the debate as a turning point of the 2024 campaign.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Weeks later, Biden ended his re-election bid, leaving Vice President Kamala Harris with just 107 days to run for the highest office. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since leaving the White House, the Bidens have kept a relatively low public profile. Earlier this year, Joe Biden disclosed that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. </span></p>

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