Former Jill Biden spokesman claims ex-first lady is trying to ‘change the tape’ after 2024 debate admission

Nypost · May 31, 2026 · 382 words · By Fox News

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Former Jill Biden spokesman claims ex-first lady is trying to ‘change the tape’ after 2024 debate admission By Max Bacall, Fox News Published May 31, 2026, 4:48 p.m.

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Former Jill Biden spokesman claims ex-first lady is trying to ‘change the tape’ after 2024 debate admission By Max Bacall, Fox News Published May 31, 2026, 4:48 p.m.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleFormer Jill Biden spokesman Michael LaRosa accused the former first lady of trying to “change the tape” after she revealed in a recent interview that she feared President Biden was having a stroke during his disastrous 2024…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Doubt: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Former Jill Biden spokesman Michael LaRosa accused the former first lady of trying to “change the tape” after she revealed in a recent interview that she feared President Biden was having a stroke during his disastrous 2024 debate performance.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that former spokesman Michael LaRosa accused Jill Biden of trying to 'change the tape' following her comments about Joe Biden's 2024 debate performance.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden (formerly Stevenson; born June 3, 1951) is an American educator who served as the first lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025, as the second wife of Joe Biden, the 46th p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Biden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American former politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael LaRosa is an American journalist and political advisor who was the press secretary for the First Lady in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2022. LaRosa previously worked as a spokesman for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_LaRosa

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Claim 2: “Biden aides told Jake Tapper and me that they had seen him act that way before and after. Those moments became more difficult to predict and conceal,” Thompson said, referring to comments gathered during the writing of “Original Sin,” a book covering President Biden’s time in office.”

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Multiple sources confirm that Axios reporter Alex Thompson stated Biden aides told him and Jake Tapper that they had seen similar behavior before and after the debate, and Wikipedia confirms Thompson co-authored the book 'Original Sin' with Jake Tapper.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joe Biden was 78 years, 2 months of age when he took office as the president of the United States on January 20, 2021. At the time, he became both the oldest person to be inaugurated as U.S. president…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Scott Thompson is an American journalist. He is a political correspondent for Axios and co-authored the book Original Sin with Jake Tapper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Thompson_(journalist)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jacob Daniel Auchincloss ( AW-kin-kloss; born January 29, 1988) is an American politician, businessman, and Marine Corps officer serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressiona…
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Claim 3: ““You did such a great job, you answered every question, you knew all the facts,” she said to then-President Biden in front of a crowd of cheering supporters following the debate in June 2024.”

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While the evidence confirms Jill Biden gave a candid account of the debate night and an interview with CBS, none of the provided evidence snippets contain the specific quote 'You did such a great job, you answered every question, you knew all the facts.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joe Biden assumed office as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021, and his term ended on January 20, 2025. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Joe_Biden

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Claim 4: ““I don’t know what happened. I mean, as I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death,” she told CBS Sunday Morning in an interview that aired last week.”

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Multiple independent sources (CBS News and other web results) confirm that Jill Biden stated in a CBS Sunday Morning interview that she thought Joe Biden was having a stroke during the 2024 debate.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III (February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015) was an American politician, lawyer, and Army National Guard officer who served as the 44th attorney general of Delaware from 2007 to…
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