{"id":2578620,"date":"2026-03-11T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-opens-up-on-joe-bidens-2024-dropout-in-new-memoir\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:43:24","slug":"jill-biden-opens-up-on-joe-bidens-2024-dropout-in-new-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-opens-up-on-joe-bidens-2024-dropout-in-new-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden opens up on Joe Biden\u2019s 2024 dropout in new memoir"},"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\">24<\/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-opens-up-on-joe-bidens-2024-dropout-in-new-memoir%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=2578620&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>former first lady Jill Biden discusses Joe Biden\u2019s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race in her memoir,View From the East wing,offering readers a perspective from the East Wing. the book promises a behind-the-scenes look at her role as first lady and how the presidency affected the Biden family, covering experiences before, during, and after the bid\u2019s unexpected ending, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the January 6 insurrection. Biden says writing the memoir was healing and a cathartic reflection, aiming to provide a more balanced view of her husband\u2019s presidency.The memoir is set for release on June 2, 2026, at a time when several politicians are publishing memoirs; it follows her 2019 New York Times bestseller Where the Light Enters and notes that Joe Biden and other family members are reportedly pursuing books, with the president said to have sold his memoir for about $10 million. Jill Biden has also written children\u2019s books,and View From the East Wing adds to a broader trend of political memoir publishing.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jill Biden opens up about Joe Biden&rsquo;s decision to drop out of 2024 election in new memoir<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2529287\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jill-biden\/\">Jill Biden<\/a> is opening up about former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> decision to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3064997\/joe-biden-bows-out-of-2024-presidential-race\/\">drop out of the 2024 election<\/a> in a new memoir providing readers with her perspective from the East Wing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her memoir, titled <em>View From the East Wing<\/em>, will offer a behind-the-scenes look at her role as first lady and the impact of the presidency on their family.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4486610\/trump-betting-on-himself-cell-phone-control-epic-fury-narrative\/\">Trump is betting on himself, and his cellphone, to control the Epic Fury narrative<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4487399\/house-trump-administration-tariff-mexican-beer\/\">House lawmakers to Trump: Don&#8217;t tariff Mexican beer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4483744\/low-support-iran-war-challenge-trump\/\">Low polling support for Iran war poses challenge for Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3925047\/politicians-books-before-2026-midterm-elections\/\"><strong>BOOKS BY POLITICIANS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 AHEAD OF MIDTERM ELECTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the first time, she reveals her experiences before, during, and after the unexpected ending to her husband&rsquo;s bid for re-election. Throughout it all, she saw herself as an ordinary woman, living an extraordinary life,&rdquo; the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.biz\/p\/jill-biden-memoir\">press release<\/a> about the book said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The memoir will also explore her life during a &ldquo;unique time in U.S. history,&rdquo; the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/covid-19\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11163\">COVID-19<\/a> pandemic, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"226\">Jan. 6, 2021<\/a>, insurrection, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Book cover for former first lady Jill Biden&rsquo;s upcoming memoir, View From The East Wing (Simon &amp; Schuster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In an interview with the <em>Associated Press<\/em>, Biden said writing the book was healing and a &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jill-biden-memoir-joe-2024-presidential-campaign-1b262b2148a945f101c6268e0d568ac4\">reflection of my four years as first lady<\/a>.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was kind of cathartic for me to write it, and I wrote about all the, you know, sometimes painful &mdash; but other times, most of it really beautiful moments that Joe and I shared during his presidency,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The former first lady said she has &ldquo;put things in perspective&rdquo; with the book, providing what she describes as a &ldquo;more balanced view&rdquo; of her husband&rsquo;s presidency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since the Bidens left office, numerous accounts have detailed the president&rsquo;s health decline during his administration and his support for then-Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> during her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-has-never-talked-about-2024-campaign-plans-with-biden\/\" title=\"Kamala ... Has &#039;Never Talked About&#039; 2024 Campaign Plans with ...\">2024 presidential campaign<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> memoir <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3818381\/kamala-harris-releases-memoir-explaining-107-day-presidential-campaign\/\"><em>107 Days<\/em><\/a>, she details an encounter between the then first lady and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, where Jill Biden questioned whether they were standing by the Bidens, following the president&rsquo;s disastrous debate performance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jill Biden&rsquo;s book comes during a busy time in the political publishing world. In addition to Harris, multiple <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4485941\/democrats-running-for-president-2028\/\">suspected 2028 presidential candidates<\/a> have released memoirs of their own, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).<\/p>\n<p>The former first lady&rsquo;s memoir is also set to be released ahead of her husband&rsquo;s memoir, although both the title and the release date have not yet been made public. The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reported in July 2025 that Biden <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/biden-sells-memoir-for-roughly-10-million-less-than-obama-and-clinton-1e124dc0?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqe01xsOi0Nerb94jjw5O1Kl1sOyN98PoYPorm6DOlNUH7FkvOoudi4T1uKotsM%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69b182c9&amp;gaa_sig=sKFAZuajS2aL598DKyJhImjLbo3lbcKxmeQCSLUxVa82t4cT7J7-kVWvH8sAuwdMbSoXqjIExXjYabaj75zelw%3D%3D\">sold his presidential memoir<\/a> for $10 million to Little, Brown &amp; Co., an imprint of Hachette Book Group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biden said during a Q&amp;A session at the Society for Human Resource Management&rsquo;s convention in San Diego last summer that he&rsquo;s been &ldquo;working like hell&rdquo; with a publisher to write a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/03\/us-news\/biden-says-hes-working-on-memoir-and-getting-calls-from-european-leaders-asking-him-to-get-engaged-post-presidency\/\">500-page memoir<\/a> and has been doing a lot of research, according to the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>While there have been no additional updates to the president&rsquo;s memoir, which will be his third book, he said his publisher wanted it done by &ldquo;March of this year.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every president is expected to write a memoir,&rdquo; Biden said, noting that &ldquo;most take between three and six years to get it done.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is not uncommon for former first families to publish memoirs about their time in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-Obama\/\">Barack Obama<\/a> and former first lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Michelle-Obama\/\">Michelle Obama<\/a> signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >record-breaking book deal<\/a> with Penguin Random House in 2017 for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/6da8931a-fde2-11e6-96f8-3700c5664d30\">reportedly over $65 million<\/a>, which included individual books from both of them, according to the <em>Financial Times<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jill Biden previously wrote the <em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller <em>Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself<\/em> in 2019, about meeting Joe Biden, then a Delaware U.S. senator, and building a life together ahead of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beto-orourke-wants-you-to-know-hell-take-it-all-day-long-if-you-fck-with-him-on-politics\/\" title=\"Beto O\u2019Rourke Wants You To Know He\u2019ll \u2018Take It All Day Long\u2019 If You \u2018F*ck\u2019 With Him \u2018On Politics\u2019\">successful 2020 presidential campaign<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4484825\/obama-presidential-center-dedication-excludes-invitation-to-trump\/\"><strong>OBAMA ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL CENTER DEDICATION, EXCLUDES INVITATION TO TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also wrote four children&rsquo;s books: <em>Don&rsquo;t Forget, God Bless Our Troops<\/em>; <em>Joey: The Story of Joe Biden<\/em>; and <em>Willow the White House Cat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>View From the East Wing <\/em>is set to be released on June 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Biden details Joe Biden&#8217;s 2024 exit in memoir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2578621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jill-Biden-at-the-Super-Bowl-scaled-e1773244697484.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[73024,32945,32320,13028,5894],"class_list":["post-2578620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2024-election-2","tag-jill-biden","tag-joe-biden","tag-memoir","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jill-Biden-at-the-Super-Bowl-scaled-e1773244697484.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578620"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578624,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578620\/revisions\/2578624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}