'Who knows?': Jill Biden responds to theory Joe Biden was drugged before debate - The Hill
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Jill Biden won't rule out that Joe was drugged before his disastrous 2024 debate — and her two-word answer is fueling the theory further.
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Theory Briefing
- Jill Biden responded to drugging rumors with 'Who knows?' — a non-denial that has kept the theory alive rather than putting it to rest.
- The debate performance was widely seen as a turning point that led Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race.
- The drugging theory competes with simpler explanations — age, fatigue, illness — for why a sitting president appeared so diminished on a national stage.
- Jill Biden's public reflection on the withdrawal suggests the family is still processing how the debate night unfolded and why.