Jake Tapper Rebuts Jill Biden's 2024 Stroke Fear Claim After CNN Debate

4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 29

Jake Tapper said Jill Biden showed no sign of fearing Joe Biden was having a stroke when she and the president approached moderators after the June 2024 CNN debate and made “polite chitchat.”
In a CBS interview, Jill Biden said she was “scared to death” during the debate and thought, “Oh my God, he’s having a stroke,” a claim Tapper said did not match her conduct that night.
Post-debate footage also undercut the account: Jill Biden joined Joe Biden at a Waffle House stop and praised him onstage, saying, “You answered every question, you knew all the facts!”
The remark drew criticism across party lines, with CNN’s Abby Phillip calling for scrutiny of what she described as Democratic deception around Biden’s condition.
The renewed dispute feeds a broader debate over whether Biden’s inner circle concealed his decline before he was replaced by Kamala Harris on the 2024 ticket.

Two years after the debate, what crucial medical details from that night are still being kept secret?