{"id":2609823,"date":"2026-06-02T21:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-claims-joe-would-have-beaten-trump-if-democrats-hadnt-forced-him-out\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:27:50","slug":"jill-biden-claims-joe-would-have-beaten-trump-if-democrats-hadnt-forced-him-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-claims-joe-would-have-beaten-trump-if-democrats-hadnt-forced-him-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden Claims Joe Would Have Beaten Trump If Democrats Hadn&#8217;t Forced Him Out"},"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\">28<\/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-claims-joe-would-have-beaten-trump-if-democrats-hadnt-forced-him-out%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=2609823&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>Jill Biden, speaking on *Morning Joe* to promote her book *View from the East Wing*, said she believes Joe Biden would have beaten Donald Trump in the 2024 election if Democrats had not pushed him out of the race. A clip from the interview shows her emphasizing that view.  <\/p>\n<p>The article also notes that in her memoir, she describes Biden\u2019s June 2024 debate performance as shocking and uncharacteristic and recalls worrying he might be having a stroke during the event. It adds that some former Democrats criticize the book as revisionist and self-serving.  <\/p>\n<p>the piece argues that despite the criticism and the behind-the-scenes shift to Kamala Harris as the new candidate after Biden\u2019s debate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT&#039;S HAPPENING! ... Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin ...... And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">polling<\/a> in May and June 2024 showed Trump leading comfortably.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><\/p>\n<p>In the spring and early summer of 2024, President Donald Trump, then the Republican presidential nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >held significant polling advantages<\/a> over then-President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, in hindsight, former first lady Jill Biden liked her husband\u2019s chances in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday interview, the former first lady told co-host Willie Geist of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/jill-biden-memoir-joe-biden-view-east-wing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS NOW\u2019s<\/a> \u201cMorning Joe\u201d that, in her view, Biden would have gone on to serve a second term had Democrats not forced him out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe he would have beat Donald Trump in that election,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Geist, however, had not asked the former first lady\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes he believe to this day that he would have defeated Donald Trump in that election?\u201d Geist asked in a clip posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the former first lady gave her response, speaking not for her husband but for herself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jill Biden: \u201cI believe [Joe] would have beat Donald Trump in that election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ok. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ielfUS5FAB\">pic.twitter.com\/ielfUS5FAB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/2061777740387258611?\">June 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The former first lady appeared on \u201cMorning Joe\u201d to promote her new book, \u201cView from the East Wing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In that book, she described her husband\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bidens-brain-collapses-debate-trump-sounds-lost-38-second-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catastrophic<\/a> June 2024 debate performance as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jill-biden-reveals-joe-whispered-walked-off-debate-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shocking and uncharacteristic<\/a>. She even recalled fearing that the then-president might be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jill-bidens-staggering-admission-thought-joe-stroke-trump-debate-didnt-get-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">having a stroke<\/a> on stage next to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former staffers and other Democrat insiders have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-biden-staffers-turn-jill-new-book-just-selfish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panned her account<\/a> as revisionist and self-serving.<\/p>\n<p>One former Biden official, in fact, compared her book to \u201c107 Days,\u201d the campaign memoir that former Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/embarrassing-democrats-turn-kamala-harris-unhelpful-divisive-new-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> wrote in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe throughline between her book and [Kamala] Harris\u2019 is that they blame everyone but themselves for the loss,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>After the then-president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jill-bidens-staggering-admission-she-thought-joe-was-having-a-stroke-during-trump-debate-but-didnt-get-him-help\/\" title=\"WATCH: ...&#039;s Staggering Admission ... She Thought Joe Was Having a Stroke During ... ..., But Didn&#039;t Get Him Help\">alarming debate performance<\/a>, Democratic leaders moved quickly to find a new candidate. This behind-the-scenes \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-thrilled-learn-friend-cursed-obama-insider-campaign-coup-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coup<\/a>\u201d resulted in the selection of Harris, albeit without a primary vote.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Democratic National Committee finally released its long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-unfinished-2024-autopsy-rips-harris-wrote-off-rural-america-humiliates-dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cautopsy\u201d report<\/a> on the 2024 election. The report, unfinished and poorly sourced, embarrassed the DNC, which effectively disavowed it.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere in that report, however, did the DNC suggest that Democrats erred by jettisoning Biden as their candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, by May and June of 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-democrats-denial-crushed-trump-polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polling<\/a> showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-data-analyst-cant-believe-latest-trump-biden-poll-numbers-like-speechless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> holding comfortable leads over the then-president.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\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; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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