Former President Joe Biden forgot the names of President Barack Obama’s former secretary of defense and comedian Jay Leno; referred to Africa as a country, not a continent; and was unaware he had in his possession a notebook with war advice in it for Obama during his interview with special counsel Robert Hur and investigators in October 2023.
The Daily Signal obtained and reviewed the audio of the two interviews conducted by investigators on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9, 2023, as part of an investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents.
Transcripts of the special counsel’s interviews with Biden were released on March 12, 2024, as Hur prepared to present his findings to Congress. But because the president was prone to verbal incoherence, those who questioned Biden’s mental fitness demanded the full release of the audiotapes.
Biden, however,…
