President's mental decline: Biden struggled to speak a year before leaving the Presidential race
US President Joe Biden announced about his stepping down from the US Presidential Election 2024 long back this year. But eminent author and journalist have claimed that Joe Biden was struggling for about a year before leaving the Presidential race.

According to Fox News, President of Liberties Journal Bill Reichblum claimed that Joe Biden heavily struggled to complete simple sentences and often repeated himself during speeches of fundraisers in the year 2023 which led to severe concerns regarding his mental state.
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Several other witnesses from different fundraisers had also noted that Joe Biden was having difficulties focusing on his speech even while having notecards in hand and struggled to recall simple terms such as veteran. Fox News noted that in spite of having these observations, several Democratic allies defended the cognitive abilities of Joe Biden until his absolute poor debate performance against former US President Donald Trump during late June of the year 2023.
War written by Bob Woodward also reveals that while some prominent Democrats recognized Joe Biden’s cognitive issues early on, on the other hand, many aides started acknowledging them post-debate. Fox News asserted that according to venture capitalist Steve Westly, Joe Biden seemed really energetic at a different event on the same day of the debate which eventually indicates mixed perceptions about the US President’s condition.
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FAQs:
What is the title of the new book of Bob Woodward?Prominent journalist Bob Woodward wrote a new book titled ‘War’.
When did the Democrats started doubting that Joe Biden’s cognitive ability is declining?
Following US President Joe Biden’s very poor debate performance against Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump during late June of last year, all the Democrats started having doubts on his cognitive abilities.
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