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Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSan

Former first lady Jill Biden said in an interview clip released Wednesday that she thought her husband, former President Joe Biden, was “having a stroke” during his critical June 2024 debate, which catalyzed the chain of events that eventually led him to drop out of the presidential election.

Jill Biden has made a number of surprising remarks while promoting her new memoir, the latest being her insistence that her husband, Joe Biden, would have defeated Donald Trump in the November 2024 presidential election,

Jill Biden told CBS News "Sunday Morning" that her husband's performance in the 2024 debate "scared me to death." But her comments at the time did not reflect those concerns.

It had to be his decision alone because he had to live with that decision the rest of his life,” she told “TODAY.”