Bill Clinton defends Biden's mental state while questioning staff's pre-debate scheduling decisions

Former President Bill Clinton told "The View" connected Thursday that erstwhile President Joe Biden had bully judgement and a wide caput during their interactions, but said reporting connected the president and those astir him should beryllium fixed attention. 

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked Clinton if helium gave immoderate credence to reporting from respective books astir Biden's decline and what led to him dropping retired of the 2024 race.

"Well, I deliberation you person to wage attraction to them, but each I tin accidental is whenever I was astir him, his caput was clear, his judgement was good, and helium was connected apical of his briefs," Clinton said, arsenic wide co-host Joy Behar added, "That's right."

Clinton past pointed fingers astatine Biden's unit and his docket successful the days that led up to the June statement against Donald Trump that changed the people of the 2024 race. 

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Former President Joe Biden accepts the Clinton Global Citizen Award astatine the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) connected September 23, 2024, successful New York City.  ( (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images))

"Look astatine that debate, for example. What happened successful the 10 days earlier his debate, and what were the White House unit thinking? He went to Europe and backmost twice, and past helium went to California once. And helium was 80 years old. What the heck is helium doing that for?" Clinton asked. 

Clinton acknowledged determination were a batch of questions astir Biden's wellness portion successful office, but said, "we should walk much clip reasoning astir the future."

The latest publication to beryllium released connected Biden and his White House, "Original Sin" by Axios' Alex Thompson and CNN's Jake Tapper, details efforts by Biden's interior ellipse to screen up signs of intelligence and carnal decline by shielding him from the nationalist and misleading governmental allies. 

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Clinton was besides pressed astir Biden's diminution during an interrogation connected Sunday. 

"Did you ever person a infinitesimal with him wherever you thought possibly helium was unfit to tally for president?" "CBS Sunday Morning" anchor Tracy Smith asked. 

"No. I thought helium was a bully president," Clinton said. "The lone interest I thought helium had to woody with was, could anybody bash that occupation until they were 86? And we’d had respective agelong talks. I had ne'er seen him and walked distant reasoning helium can’t bash this anymore. He was ever connected apical of his brief."

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Former President Joe Biden speaks astatine a quality league connected the last time of the NATO acme successful Washington, July 11, 2024.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

"You ne'er saw immoderate cognitive decline?" Smith followed up.

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"I didn’t cognize thing astir immoderate of this. And I haven’t work the book. I saw President Biden not precise agelong ago, and I thought helium was successful bully shape. But the publication didn’t registry with maine due to the fact that I ne'er saw him that way," Clinton answered.