Don’t adjust your screens — Joe Biden is re-emerging from political exile, and his choice of stage couldn’t be more telling. After months of silence following his historic exit from the 2024 presidential race, the former president is set to grant his first post-White House interview… on The View. Yes, that View — the reliably left-leaning gabfest on ABC where hard questions go to die and narrative massaging is practically an Olympic sport.
And he won’t be showing up alone.
By his side, once again, will be Jill Biden — the ever-present companion during his presidency and campaign, not so much in a supportive spouse role as in the barely-concealed position of cognitive chaperone. If anyone still needed visual confirmation of who was steering the Biden operation during those final disastrous months, this tag-team reappearance should erase all doubt.
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— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) May 2, 2025
The setup reeks of image management. Why The View? Simple — it’s a softball sanctuary. A place where the co-hosts will fawn over the former president, delicately guiding him through pre-screened questions while making sure the audience at home forgets how spectacularly the man crumbled on the national debate stage. The hope? A narrative revival, or at least enough plausible coherence to launder his legacy through friendly filters.
But let’s not forget the historical context.
Joe Biden didn’t merely lose re-election. He imploded in real time. During the now-infamous presidential debate, he slurred, stammered, lost his train of thought, and triggered a political panic within his own party. Within days, it was over. Biden stepped aside, Kamala Harris took the torch (and the scrutiny), and a party that once circled the wagons around his decline turned on a dime, pretending his disintegration hadn’t been plainly visible for months.
Joe BIDEN (remember him?) will give his first post-POTUS TV interview to THE VIEW, next Thursday at 11 a.m. on ABC.
Jill Biden will participate, too, live at the show's Manhattan studio.
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) May 1, 2025
Now, with the public’s memory still smoldering, Biden is attempting to re-enter the conversation — not to explain, not to clarify, but to perform. The performance is everything. If he can survive 10 minutes without verbal chaos, the media will pounce on it as “evidence” that maybe he could have stayed in the race. If he flubs even a little? Well, he’ll be rescued in real time by his wife and his hosts, and the clips will be sanitized before they’re replayed.