Biden's disastrous debate due to sleeping pills: son
"And I'll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate. He (Joe Biden) flew around the world, basically the mileage he could have flown around the world three times," Hunter Biden said in an interview with YouTube creator Andrew Callaghan.
"He's 81 years old. He's tired as shit.
"They give him Ambien to be able to sleep. He gets up on the stage and he looks like he's a deer in the headlights," Hunter Biden added.
Ambien, also sold under the brand Stilnox, is a medication used for short-term treatment of sleeping problems. Joe Biden's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The former president prepared at Camp David with his aides for several days for the catastrophic June 24 debate.
Prior to being at Camp David, the Democrat took two European trips and was on the US west coast for a fundraiser.
Biden's debate performance against then-Republican presidential candidate Trump, in which the Democrat regularly struggled to finish his thoughts, triggered a backlash against his candidacy for the 2024 elections.
Less than a month later, Biden stepped aside as presidential candidate after having trailed Trump in the polls.
Former vice president Kamala Harris then became the candidate for the Democrats and went on to lose to Trump in the November elections.
In the days after the debate, the former president blamed his performance on jet lag after two overseas trips earlier that month.
In the interview released on Monday, Hunter Biden also expressed frustration with Democratic voices, strategists and lawmakers who abandoned his father's candidacy following the debate.
Former US president Joe Biden's son Hunter says his father's disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump was the result of him taking the sedative Ambien due to his travel.
"And I'll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate. He (Joe Biden) flew around the world, basically the mileage he could have flown around the world three times," Hunter Biden said in an interview with YouTube creator Andrew Callaghan.
"He's 81 years old. He's tired as shit.
"They give him Ambien to be able to sleep. He gets up on the stage and he looks like he's a deer in the headlights," Hunter Biden added.
Ambien, also sold under the brand Stilnox, is a medication used for short-term treatment of sleeping problems. Joe Biden's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The former president prepared at Camp David with his aides for several days for the catastrophic June 24 debate.
Prior to being at Camp David, the Democrat took two European trips and was on the US west coast for a fundraiser.
Biden's debate performance against then-Republican presidential candidate Trump, in which the Democrat regularly struggled to finish his thoughts, triggered a backlash against his candidacy for the 2024 elections.
Less than a month later, Biden stepped aside as presidential candidate after having trailed Trump in the polls.
Former vice president Kamala Harris then became the candidate for the Democrats and went on to lose to Trump in the November elections.
In the days after the debate, the former president blamed his performance on jet lag after two overseas trips earlier that month.
In the interview released on Monday, Hunter Biden also expressed frustration with Democratic voices, strategists and lawmakers who abandoned his father's candidacy following the debate.
Former US president Joe Biden's son Hunter says his father's disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump was the result of him taking the sedative Ambien due to his travel.
"And I'll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate. He (Joe Biden) flew around the world, basically the mileage he could have flown around the world three times," Hunter Biden said in an interview with YouTube creator Andrew Callaghan.
"He's 81 years old. He's tired as shit.
"They give him Ambien to be able to sleep. He gets up on the stage and he looks like he's a deer in the headlights," Hunter Biden added.
Ambien, also sold under the brand Stilnox, is a medication used for short-term treatment of sleeping problems. Joe Biden's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The former president prepared at Camp David with his aides for several days for the catastrophic June 24 debate.
Prior to being at Camp David, the Democrat took two European trips and was on the US west coast for a fundraiser.
Biden's debate performance against then-Republican presidential candidate Trump, in which the Democrat regularly struggled to finish his thoughts, triggered a backlash against his candidacy for the 2024 elections.
Less than a month later, Biden stepped aside as presidential candidate after having trailed Trump in the polls.
Former vice president Kamala Harris then became the candidate for the Democrats and went on to lose to Trump in the November elections.
In the days after the debate, the former president blamed his performance on jet lag after two overseas trips earlier that month.
In the interview released on Monday, Hunter Biden also expressed frustration with Democratic voices, strategists and lawmakers who abandoned his father's candidacy following the debate.
Former US president Joe Biden's son Hunter says his father's disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump was the result of him taking the sedative Ambien due to his travel.
"And I'll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate. He (Joe Biden) flew around the world, basically the mileage he could have flown around the world three times," Hunter Biden said in an interview with YouTube creator Andrew Callaghan.
"He's 81 years old. He's tired as shit.
"They give him Ambien to be able to sleep. He gets up on the stage and he looks like he's a deer in the headlights," Hunter Biden added.
Ambien, also sold under the brand Stilnox, is a medication used for short-term treatment of sleeping problems. Joe Biden's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The former president prepared at Camp David with his aides for several days for the catastrophic June 24 debate.
Prior to being at Camp David, the Democrat took two European trips and was on the US west coast for a fundraiser.
Biden's debate performance against then-Republican presidential candidate Trump, in which the Democrat regularly struggled to finish his thoughts, triggered a backlash against his candidacy for the 2024 elections.
Less than a month later, Biden stepped aside as presidential candidate after having trailed Trump in the polls.
Former vice president Kamala Harris then became the candidate for the Democrats and went on to lose to Trump in the November elections.
In the days after the debate, the former president blamed his performance on jet lag after two overseas trips earlier that month.
In the interview released on Monday, Hunter Biden also expressed frustration with Democratic voices, strategists and lawmakers who abandoned his father's candidacy following the debate.
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