In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here.Dr. Jill Biden‘s current book tour may very well be dead on arrival. Despite multiple book tour interviews on national networks leading up to the launch, her memoir, View From The East Wing, is currently not even ranked on Amazon’s top 50 best sellers.For a former first lady with that kind of exposure, that ain’t good.
Dr. Jill appeared remarkably unprepared for what should have been a series of friendly softball interviews, including sit-downs on CBS’s Sunday Morning and NBC’s Today. Questions she absolutely had to know were coming were met with disingenuous, almost delusional responses.
Here’s what she says she was thinking during her husband’s debate performance against Donald Trump on June 27, 2024: “I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never,” she told CBS News. “I don’t know what happened. As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death.”
