by David Shephard, ©2026
(May 28, 2026) — Well, now that they are out of the White House (thankfully for our blessed country) and off the public payroll, the Biden family is in full “cash in” mode. They want to make money. You see, Joe, Jill and Hunter are greedy people, and in addition to maintaining a nice lifestyle, and paying off Hunter’s large legal debts, they also want to build a Joe Biden Presidential library to whitewash Biden’s horrible presidency. These unworthy goals, and unnatural desires, will cost a lot of money.
How can they cash in? Well, traditionally, the two most common ways for an ex-President’s make money is by giving speeches and writing a memoir for a big advance. But for Joe Biden the market is not so great. The main reason that the market is not so great for him is based on the simple reason that most people don’t believe he was in charge – in fact many, if not most, Americans believe that he was mentally incompetent for all of his four years in office. In short, most people assume that Joe Biden remembers very little of his presidency, so why would they want to read his memoirs? What could he have possibly remembered?
Well, speaking of memoirs, Jill Biden has a book coming out next week. It may sell because people do believe that she was in charge of the Biden White House. Yesterday, on CBS, she promoted it, or should I say teased it, in an interview with Rita Braver.
The purpose of a memoir is to spin a narrative and of course make money. A best-selling memoir needs some controversy, some new information. Here is her “money” soundbite:
“I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never. I don’t know what happened. As I watched it, I thought, oh, my God, he’s having a stroke. And it scared me to death.”
She thought he was having a stroke. If so, why didn’t she rush to the stage to stop the debate? Why didn’t she call for an ambulance? And once the debate ended, why did she take him to a Waffle House for a campaign event? And the day after the debate Jill Biden said at a rally, “Joe, you did great.” It’s amazing to watch a debate and wonder if one of the candidates was having a stroke and yet at the end of the debate to conclude that he did great. And as I recall, after the debate her excuse for Joe’s poor performance was that he had a cold. I guess Dr. Jill changed her prognosis from a stroke to a cold.
But why in her interview yesterday does Dr. Jill Biden use the word “stroke?” Safe to say no one casually uses that word, and certainly not in a nationally televised interview.
Well, I think there are two reasons. First, it’s a great teaser for a memoir and should help sales. Secondly it gives her some cover. She has always maintained that Joe was sharp, and able to be President, and that she saw no significant decline in his mental condition over the last decade. She apparently never watched C-Span.
But the debate made it clear that Jill Biden is a liar, at least to the average American, who already knew that Biden was not up to the job. But it was not until the June 2024 debate between Trump and Biden that demonstrated to Democrats that Biden was not mentally fit. And these are the people who Jill Biden wants to maintain some credibility with. These are the people that Jill hopes will buy her book. So, to them, her spin is, Joe was always mentally sharp, except in that debate in June of 2024, and his behavior was so surprising, and so out of the ordinary, that Jill thought he might be having a stroke. Give me a break!
Well, maybe she will sell a lot of books, but I will not be buying a copy. However, I do think now that we have learned that she couldn’t distinguish between a cold and a stroke, that henceforth we should no longer have to refer to her as Dr. Jill Biden.
David Shephard is a native and very proud Virginian. Raised in Fairfax County, David graduated from George Mason University and majored in Government and Politics. He spent decades in politics, campaign consulting, raising money and lobbying. He is also a longtime conservative blogger writing for numerous blogs. He is also the host of “The Virginia Gentleman Podcast.”
David is the author of Elections Have Consequences, A Cautionary Tale, and his latest book, Norton’s Choice: An Inside Politics Exposé.