Doctors checked Biden just after Trump debate as Jill Biden feared he had a stroke

Shortly after this debate, Biden bowed out of the presidential race. Former Vice President Kamala Harris then took up the Democratic nomination and lost the election to President Trump. In Harris's own memoir, 107 Days, she criticized the Bidens for questioning her loyalty and their handling of the 2024 campaign.

Jill Biden confirmed to Detrow that her husband had planned on only serving one term as president, but that he later changed his mind.

"Originally, he thought, you know, just like you're saying, 'I'm going to do four years and get out,'" Biden said. "But then… Everybody kept saying, 'You've got to… The midterms were good. We've got to keep going.' … And so that's why he made the decision to keep running."

When asked if she would have done anything differently, Biden said she regretted the hurt her family endured.

"So to look back, I wouldn't want anybody to go through that," Biden said. "No, I never want to go through that again."

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