Jill Biden’s ex-husband slammed the First Lady for encouraging Joe Biden to stay in the race following the incumbent’s disastrous performance in Thursday night’s debate.
Bill Stevenson, 75, said The New York Post on Saturday that he ‘“He just doesn’t understand why his ex-wife is so hell-bent on defending him and keeping him in the race since it seems like he’s having a difficult time.”
“The Dr. Jill Biden I’ve seen on television over the last five years is not the same person I married or that I recognize in any way,” said Stevenson, who was married to Jill from 1970 to 1975.
“He has enrolled in a completely different woman,” he continued.
“It seems like he’s fighting with everyone these days,” she said of the president, whom she previously accused of starting an affair with Jill while they were still married.
Bill Stevenson, 75, made the claim Saturday, in the wake of the president’s troubling performance in the debate.
He was married to Jill from 1970 to 1975, and had some not-so-kind words about his “feisty” replacement, who married Jill two years later.
“I’ve watched Jill grow up,” he continued of his ex-wife, who reportedly met Joe on a 1975 blind date set up by her brother Frank.
“I’ve been proud of her at times. I have no hard feelings,” he said, now with a family of his own.
‘I’m surprised to see her front and center in the middle of this battle after having gone unnoticed for so many years.
“She’s always been very driven,” he added of his first wife, who began a career in teaching a year after meeting Joe.
“People say she’s the one who wants to be president now,” he continued, as the idea of replacements like California’s Gavin Newsom and Vice President Kamala Harris gains credence.
Speaking to The New York Post, the Delaware citizen joined a chorus of countless people calling on the incumbent to resign.
Seen here with his ex-wife in the ’70s, Stevenson previously alleged that Jill and the then-sworn senator’s relationship began as an affair, as Democrats continue to mull the possibility of a last-minute replacement.
Her interview ended there, and was apparently a response to reports issued hours earlier that the first lady was under fire for refusing to advise her current husband to resign.
“A lot of people are blaming his wife … for not telling him (to step aside),” one Democratic donor who was frustrated by Biden’s tepid debate performance told the Post.
On Friday, the former teacher was relentlessly mocked for telling a rally that her husband had done extremely well and had “answered every question” posed to him.
Since then, insiders have said her opinion is one of the most valued in the president’s inner circle, and The New York Times reported that she privately viewed Biden’s bumbling confrontation with his former rival as simply “a bad evening”.
The bad night he refers to saw the Democratic Party’s leading candidate for the Oval Office repeatedly stumble over his words and constantly lose his train of thought, raising questions about whether he is mentally prepared for another four years.
On Saturday, those fears were further stoked when The Times reported that Several Silicon Valley ‘megadonors’ were trying to reach the first lady to influence her. her to convince Biden to step down in favor of a younger candidate, attempts that were apparently unsuccessful.
Biden, 81, doubled down on his bet in the previous day’s debate, during a rally in North Carolina where he said he remained the party’s best bet to beat Trump.
“I know I am not a young man, I do not walk as easily as I used to, I do not speak as fluently as I used to, I do not debate as well as I used to.”
Her interview appeared to come in response to reports issued hours earlier that the First Lady was under fire for refusing to advise her current husband to resign following his lukewarm performance in Friday’s presidential debate.
Biden, in turn, doubled down on his bet from the previous day’s debate, during a rally in North Carolina on Friday, where he said he remained the party’s best bet to beat Trump.
“But I know what I know,” he continued, before receiving thunderous applause. ‘I know how to tell the truth. I distinguish good from evil. I know how to do this job. I know how to do things.’
“I know, as many Americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up,” he concluded.
Meanwhile, in an editorial, the New York Times pleaded with Biden to step aside.
“There are Democratic leaders better equipped to present clear, compelling and forceful alternatives to a second Trump presidency,” he said.
“There is no reason for the party to risk the stability and security of the country by forcing voters to choose between Mr. Trump’s shortcomings and Mr. Biden’s.”
Concerned aides went on to tell Axios that Biden is often too tired to work after 4 p.m. and struggles to wake up before 10 a.m.
“This is no longer about Joe Biden’s family or his emotions,” one particularly fed-up adviser in contact with the White House told the publication. “This is about our country. This is a total mess that needs to be addressed.”
Meanwhile, pundits have said it would be nearly impossible for Democrats to oust an unwilling Biden at this point in the game, and that the decision is ultimately up to the president.
Meanwhile, pundits have said it would be nearly impossible for Democrats to oust a reluctant Biden this late in the game, and that the decision is ultimately up to the president.
Referring to the Biden team’s current thought process, one Democratic donor told Politico: “They’re saying, ‘We just had a bad night’…what they’re missing, a vital point they’re missing, is that they don’t It’s just a bad night. This is hopeless.’
Meanwhile, speculation is swirling not only around the prospect of a late-stage replacement, but also the idea that Democratic donors could withdraw funds if they feel there is no hope of Biden winning.
“The biggest problem is the donors,” another source told Politico. “If the money runs out, everyone will start to panic.”
Stevenson, meanwhile, has portrayed Biden and his family as corrupt, and that the president is specifically a professional liar.
“I cringe every time he calls Trump a liar, because I’m telling you right now, there’s no greater liar than President Biden,” Stevenson told The Post.
“He’s just a bad person. I’m probably one of the few people outside of his family who has known him for 50 years.”
As of this writing, Biden has not expressed any plans to withdraw from the race.