According to Axios, Biden seemed uncertain about the year his late son, Beau Biden, passed away and incorrectly identified the year Donald Trump was elected president. Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015, and Trump was elected in November 2016.
In one exchange, Hur asked Biden about the handling of documents related to his post-vice-presidency initiatives, including the Penn Biden Center, the Biden Institute, and the Cancer Moonshot. Biden responded, hesitating: “Well… I, I, I, I, I, I don’t know. This is what — 2017, 2018, that area?”
Biden then referred to the emotional toll he was experiencing at the time, saying, “Remember, in this time frame, my son is either been deployed or is dying.” He added that people had still been encouraging him to run for office, though then-President Obama did not believe he had the best chance of winning.
The recording also captures Biden asking, “What month did Beau die? Oh, God, May 30? Was it 2015 he died? I think it’s 2015,” and mistakenly questioning whether “Trump gets elected in November of 2017?”
These excerpts align with previous reports from Breitbart News, which in March 2024 detailed several memory lapses shown in the transcript of the same interview. The Biden administration previously declined to release the audio, citing executive privilege in May 2024 after House Republicans issued a subpoena for the recordings.
According to Breitbart, Special Counsel Hur investigated Biden’s handling of classified documents found at multiple locations. Despite noting that Biden had “willfully retained” these documents, Hur declined to recommend charges. His decision was influenced, in part, by Biden’s diminished mental sharpness. Hur’s February 2024 report stated that a jury would likely view Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” making a conviction difficult.
Both Axios and Breitbart News contributed reporting on the content and context of the audio and its political implications.
Not only did the tapes remove any serious doubt over Biden committing the federal crimes, but they also constituted what is akin to a political racketeering indictment against much of the Washington establishment…https://t.co/6VJn9PxSW4
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 17, 2025
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