Jill Biden Has Some Explaining To Do
The first lady has gone beyond the role of protector-in-chief. She’d better be prepared for the scrutiny and questions.
Who’s calling the shots?
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As President Joe Biden continues to be almost as scarce on the campaign trail as his rival, attention is turning to the increasingly prominent role his wife is playing. First Lady Jill Biden has gone beyond the role of protector-in-chief. She’d better get used to the scrutiny and be prepared to answer some questions.
Jill Biden, 73, has long been her husband’s best defender — once even throwing herself in front of protesters as they lunged for the president on stage. With Biden’s visible physical decline and his resistance to calls that he drop out of the race following his disastrous debate performance, the first lady has become the most important person in the White House next to her husband. And America is watching.