‘Keep Forgetting’: Recordings Suggest Biden Memory Lapses Years Ahead of Presidency
Recordings of Biden’s conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer became available through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the Oversight Project, a watchdog group. The conversations took place on several occasions from October 2016 through April 2017. 16, 2017, just weeks after he left office as vice president, Biden discussed his consideration of a 2016 presidential run with Zwonitzer and noted what he would have said.
- ▪Recordings of Biden’s conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer became available through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the Oversight Project, a watchdog group.
- ▪The conversations took place on several occasions from October 2016 through April 2017.
- ▪16, 2017, just weeks after he left office as vice president, Biden discussed his consideration of a 2016 presidential run with Zwonitzer and noted what he would have said.
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Home – Political News – ‘Keep Forgetting’: Recordings Suggest Biden Memory Lapses Years Ahead of Presidency news ‘Keep Forgetting’: Recordings Suggest Biden Memory Lapses Years Ahead of Presidency Fred Lucas • July 28, 2026 Print Then-President Joe Biden and then-first lady Jill Biden walk on the South Lawn after they returned to the White House on Jan. 17, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); Almost four…
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