Hunter Biden Blames His Father's Poor 2024 Debate Performance On Sleeping Pill

Hunter Biden blamed nan sleeping pill Ambien for then-President Joe Biden's disastrous statement capacity against Donald Trump past year.

The younger Biden made nan remarks successful an expletive-laden question and reply connected YouTube's "Channel 5 pinch Andrew Callaghan" that was released Monday, nan first day of his father's decision to driblet out of nan statesmanlike race.

"I cognize precisely what happened successful that debate. He flew astir nan world fundamentally [and the?] mileage that he could person flown astir nan world 3 times, he’s 81 years old, he’s tired arsenic s---, they springiness him Ambien to beryllium capable to sleep, he’s gets up connected nan shape and he looks for illustration he’s a cervid successful nan headlights," Hunter Biden said successful nan interview.

"And it feeds into each f---ing communicative that anybody wants to tell."

The erstwhile president's agency declined to comment.

The elder Biden had antecedently blamed exhaustion for his statement performance, but had not mentioned immoderate sleeping aid.

“I decided to recreation astir nan world a mates of times … soon earlier nan debate,” he said astatine a run fundraiser successful McLean, Virginia, days aft nan debate.

“I didn’t perceive to my unit … and past I almost fell dormant onstage,” he quipped.

In nan weeks earlier nan debate, Biden went to France to commemorate nan 80th day of D-Day and past returned to nan U.S. earlier he departed for the Group of Seven Summit successful Italy. He past attended a Los Angeles fundraiser on June 15 — 12 days earlier nan debate.

He besides spent respective days astatine Camp David, Maryland, preparing for his showdown pinch Donald Trump.

Aides had besides antecedently blamed Biden's statement capacity connected a cold.

In nan aforesaid Channel 5 interview, Hunter Biden besides rebuked respective salient Democrats who had called for his begetter to driblet retired of nan title pursuing nan statement — including character George Clooney.

"F--- him and f--- everyone astir him," Biden said.

He besides denied that he was responsible for a container of cocaine that was discovered successful a highly trafficked portion of nan West Wing successful 2023.

In May, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino announced nan bureau was reopening nan probe into nan find earlier this year. Trump suggested successful an question and reply earlier this twelvemonth that "either Hunter aliases Joe" was responsible.

"They've convinced themselves it had to beryllium me," nan younger Biden, who has spoken extensively astir his supplier addiction and struggles to get sober, told Callaghan.

"I person been cleanable and sober since June of 2019, and I person not touched a driblet of intoxicant aliases a supplier and I'm incredibly, incredibly proud of that," he added.