Jill Biden said Democrats' internal fighting will pass and "things are going to move forward," even as her book tour intensifies scrutiny of the party's 2024 collapse.
NBC interviews revived criticism after she said she was "frightened" during Joe Biden's disastrous 2024 debate and feared a medical episode, despite publicly defending him at the time.
That gap between her private alarm and public support has angered some Democrats and former White House aides, who see it as undercutting later efforts to explain the loss.
The flare-up comes as Democrats are still reeling from a typo-ridden 2024 election autopsy that failed to explain the defeat and largely skipped Joe Biden's age, reopening party divisions.
Why would a former first lady's memoir risk reopening such painful wounds years after the events?