Joe Biden’s former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre appeared on CBS ‘Mornings’ today to promote her new book. She faced some tough questions, especially about her knowledge of Biden’s mental decline, which she claimed not to see.
Even the liberal media hosts seemed skeptical about her claims.
The fact that she wrote this book right after Democrats lost the 2024 election made it look like she was rushing to get ahead of the story and set the narrative herself, basically rewriting history.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
TONY DOKOUPIL, ‘CBS MORNINGS’ HOST: It was the only person who was also clearly having problems. Right. I mean, lots and lots and lots of people who just watching him on video, let alone meeting him, had reported on that.
Have you reflected on why there’s this big disconnect between the millions of Americans at home who are watching him and said, I don’t know if he’s all there. And you saying behind the scenes, wow, he was there.
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: So a couple of things. We were always honest. You couldn’t hide the fact that he was aging.
Right. And we saw that there were moments where it showed that he was a no one is no one’s denying that. And he would poke fun at it at that.
And he said it was a horrible debate, terrible debate. He has spoken about it. I have spoken about it at the podium.
I and I take and I think I said this to you at the eight o’clock hour to you and the other anchors. And this question, I take it very seriously when you talk about his mental acuity. We talk about him being all there.
He’s someone that I saw almost every day, if not every day, and traveled with more than 95 percent of the time on Marine One, Air Force One. He was someone who would debate with you, engage with you.
See the clip below:
KJP is having one helluva time trying to explain how she never noticed any mental acuity issues with Biden prior to the debate with Trump. pic.twitter.com/goxLs2w8Ba
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 20, 2025
The worst thing about this for Jean-Pierre is that these questions are going to dog her for years to come. They call her basic integrity into question. Who is going to trust her to work on a campaign or be a spokesperson?