{"id":2457307,"date":"2025-07-09T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-was-grabbing-power-as-her-husbands-political-career-crumbled-new-book\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T08:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:39:09","slug":"jill-biden-was-grabbing-power-as-her-husbands-political-career-crumbled-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-was-grabbing-power-as-her-husbands-political-career-crumbled-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden Was Grabbing Power as Her Husband&#8217;s Political Career Crumbled: New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjill-biden-was-grabbing-power-as-her-husbands-political-career-crumbled-new-book%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2457307&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A new book titled *2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America* reveals the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-policy-on-golan-heights-has-not-changed-state-dept-says-after-free-beacon-report\/\" title=\"U.S. Policy on Golan Heights \u2018Has Not Changed,\u2019 State Dept. Says After Free Beacon Report\">shifting power dynamics<\/a> within the Biden White House following President Joe Biden&#8217;s poor debate performance in June 2024. As Biden&#8217;s political position weakened, First Lady Jill Biden became a more prominent and influential figure, stepping in to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >manage key political relationships<\/a> and campaign efforts. with concerns rising among Democratic donors and leaders about Biden&#8217;s viability for re-election,Jill Biden and her chief of staff tightly controlled access to the president. She actively worked to keep the Democratic Party united behind her husband despite increasing doubts about his campaign. Jill also maintained a visible presence at significant events, including the federal trial of thier son Hunter Biden. The book portrays the 2024 Democratic campaign as effectively lost early on, with Biden initially refusing to drop out and eventually endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, who faced her own challenges.The narrative, based on insights from prominent journalists, offers a critical and somewhat humorous account of the political struggles during the campaign and highlights Jill Biden&#8217;s assertive role amid her husband&#8217;s political decline.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>30As now-former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s political future dimmed last year, his wife became a more assertive presence during his final days in the White House, according to a new book.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America&rdquo; was released Tuesday and touches on the power dynamics inside the Oval Office after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-claims-world-leaders-still-calling-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> disastrous debate performance last June.<\/p>\n<p>While then-GOP nominee Donald Trump ran circles around the sitting president, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admits-nearly-fell-asleep-debate-stage-offers-extremely-unconvincing-excuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared limited<\/a> and never recovered politically.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/2024-Trump-Retook-Democrats-America\/dp\/0593832531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The book<\/a> claimed former First Lady Jill Biden was always a force in her husband&rsquo;s administration, but grew more visible and influential during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-harris-whitmer-and-gallego-headline-final-day-of-dnc-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Harris, Whitmer, and Gallego headline final day of DNC ... Washington Examiner\">key political moments<\/a> following the debate, after Democrats began to view her husband as a political liability.<\/p>\n<p>As donors panicked and high-ranking Democrats called on him to drop his re-election bid, authors Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal, Tyler Pager of The New York Times, and Isaac Arnsdor of The Washington Post describe Jill as having seized power in a vacuum.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); 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and a &ldquo;punishing read&rdquo; for liberals.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Trump spoke to the book&rsquo;s authors, dating back to the launch of his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than a week before his inauguration, he told the authors, &ldquo;The whole world was against me, and I won.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It was not until after the election that legacy media reporters such as CNN&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lara-trump-sets-record-straight-jake-tapper-said-apologized-infamous-interview-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Tapper<\/a> began to discuss Biden&rsquo;s mental decline.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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