Biden Tells People Magazine He Wouldn't Have Run in 2024 Had He Known of Cancer
Photo: The New York TimesFormer President Joe Biden said in an interview with People magazine, released Wednesday, that he did not know he had cancer while in office and would not have sought a second term had he been diagnosed. The interview came before the release of his White House memoir. Biden also described his June 27, 2024 debate against Donald Trump in Atlanta as "not very consequential." He said he does not know anyone who hasn't made a mistake in a debate and that he expected another debate, which never took place. In the debate, Biden, then president, repeatedly lost his train of thought, and Democrats pressed him to end his campaign. He eventually dropped out 24 days later.
Fox News, the right-leaning outlet, leads with the debate remark and frames it as backlash, headlining that Biden was "ripped" for a "totally delusional" claim. It quotes his People comments at length, notes he quit the race 24 days after the debate, and cites swift criticism on social media. It also links to stories on Jill Biden saying she feared he was having a stroke. Its excerpt does not mention the cancer comment. Politico and The New York Times, on the left, treat the debate remark as the main item but with less emphasis on reaction. Politico's headline leads with the cancer comment and adds the debate line in its subhead. The Times headline calls the performance "disastrous" yet focuses on the debate itself, noting the lost train of thought and the Democratic pressure that led to his exit. Both sides agree on the quote, the interview and the timeline. They differ on emphasis: the right stresses criticism, while the left stresses what happened inside the party. AP, the alternative source, leads with the cancer comment and does not cover the debate in the excerpt provided.
How the sides differ Right sources stress backlash to Biden's dismissal of the debate; left sources pair that with the cancer remark; alternative sources focus on the cancer comment.
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- The New York TimesPaywallBiden Calls His Disastrous 2024 Debate Performance ‘Not Very Consequential’
Politico leads with Biden's cancer comment and adds the debate remark; The New York Times leads with the debate, describing his lost train of thought and the Democratic pressure that ended his campaign.
- ZeroHedgeBiden Finally Admits He Should Never Have Run
- The Times of India'I would’ve not gone forward': Biden says he would have dropped out of 2024 race if he knew about cancer
AP leads with Biden saying he did not know he had cancer while president and would not have run again had he known, citing his People interview ahead of his memoir.
Fox News leads with the debate remark, quoting Biden at length, noting he quit 24 days later, and citing social media criticism; it links to coverage of Jill Biden's stroke fear.