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Did America Have a Functioning President in 2024?
Former president Joe Biden arrives at Joint Base Andrews following inauguration ceremonies on January 20, 2025, in Maryland. (Samuel Corum via Getty Images)
A blistering new report from the House Oversight Committee casts doubt on whether President Joe Biden was fit to serve in his last year in office.
By Eli Lake
10.30.25 — U.S. Politics
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Did America have a functioning president in 2024, the final year of Joe Biden’s term in the White House?

Two years ago, that kind of question was dismissed as a partisan low blow and deliberate disinformation enabled by “cheap fakes,” to borrow the enduring phrase of then–White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre. Biden’s stumbles, gaffes, and inexplicable moments of mental vacancy were, of course, real. And the entire world saw the president’s unfitness for office in real time on June 27, 2024, at his first and only debate of the election cycle with Donald Trump.

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Eli Lake
Eli Lake is the host of Breaking History, a new history podcast from The Free Press. A veteran journalist with expertise in foreign affairs and national security, Eli has reported for Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, and Newsweek. With Breaking History, he brings his sharp analysis and storytelling skills to uncover the connections between today’s events and pivotal moments in the past.
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