Hunter Biden’s latest bombshell claims President Joe Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate performance was fueled by Ambien and exhaustion.
The former first son, in a Tuesday YouTube interview with Andrew Callaghan, revealed that his father’s debate flop against Donald Trump stemmed from travel fatigue, age, and a dose of Ambien, leading to Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 presidential race in favor of Kamala Harris, as the New York Post reports.
On June 27, 2024, Joe Biden arrived hours late to inspect the CNN debate stage, lingering at a nearby hotel for over four hours. His team cited a grueling travel schedule, including trips to France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day and Italy for a G7 summit from June 13 to 15. Exhaustion was evident, but Hunter’s Ambien claim raises eyebrows.
Biden’s debate performance was a trainwreck, capped by his bizarre claim that he “finally beat Medicare,” seen by millions. Hunter’s excuse? “He’s 81 years old. He’s tired.”
Ambien, a sleep aid, comes with risks for those over 70, including drowsiness, per an FDA fact sheet. Yet, Joe Biden’s February 2024 medical report from Dr. Kevin O’Connor listed six medications, none of which was Ambien. Hunter’s claim lacks any paper trail in Biden’s public medical records.
Dr. O’Connor, when grilled by a House committee in July 2025, invoked the Fifth Amendment and dodged questions. That silence fuels suspicion about what the White House isn’t saying. If Ambien was in play, why the secrecy?
In the aftermath of the debate, Democrats revolted, with Hunter claiming party insiders threatened to “blow up” the convention unless Biden stepped down. “They said, ‘We are going to protest this all the way up to the convention,’” he told Callaghan. The progressive wing’s loyalty to Biden’s record didn’t save him.
Hunter insisted that Biden’s four-year agenda outshone any president’s, saying, “The entirety of the progressive side of the Democratic Party said Joe Biden has got more of our agenda accomplished.” Nice try, but the party’s elite, including Nancy Pelosi, gave Biden the cold shoulder. No “full-throated endorsement” came from the former Speaker.
By June 20, 2024, Biden was holed up at Camp David, prepping for the debate that would tank his campaign. His team hoped a week of rest would sharpen him. Instead, he stumbled into a political ambush.
Biden’s recent stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis, with metastasis to his bones, has since added to his struggles. Hunter didn’t mention cancer in the interview, but the timing of Biden’s health decline aligns with his faltering public appearances. The White House kept that quiet, too.
On July 12 0f last year, Biden’s mental fog was glaring when he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “Vladimir,” mixing him up with Russia’s Putin. That gaffe, during a media event, fed doubts about his fitness. The progressive media barely blinked, but voters noticed.
Five days later, on July 17, Biden tested positive for COVID-19, with Hunter describing “devastating” images of a frail president boarding a plane. “He woke up in the morning and he had a severe case of COVID,” Hunter said. The optics were brutal, and the party’s vultures circled.
Hunter painted Biden’s July 21, 2024, withdrawal as “the most selfless thing” any politician has done, claiming he stepped aside to “save the party.” Selfless? More like a forced retreat under Democratic Party pressure.
Then-President Biden tried to rebound with an ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos, but Hunter admitted it wasn’t enough: “Everybody goes, ‘OK, that’s not enough, we got to see him give a press conference.’” The party demanded more, and Biden couldn’t deliver.
Hunter’s Ambien excuse smells like a convenient scapegoat for a campaign already crumbling under Biden’s health and gaffes. The Democratic Party elite’s swift pivot to then-Vice President Kamala Harris showed that they saw the writing on the wall. Biden’s legacy, despite Hunter’s spin, now carries the stain of a debate meltdown and a party betrayal.
