DOJ Report Cites Biden's ‘Poor Memory,' Intensifying Age Concerns
- Special counsel report describes president as ‘elderly man’
- Voters already rank Biden’s age as one of their top concerns
Joe Biden
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A special counsel report describing Joe Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory” and chronicling repeated occasions where the president struggled to recall basic facts is likely to deepen concerns about his age as he heads into a tough reelection battle.
The report from Special Counsel Robert Hur, who was investigating Biden’s handling of classified material, offers a jarring portrait of the president’s acuity. Biden, 81, is described forgetting when his term as vice president ended, the general timeframe in which his son Beau died from cancer, and the details of critical foreign policy debates during the Obama administration.