First lady Jill Biden asked top aides why they didn’t stop President Biden during a press conference that lasted almost two hours in January 2022, according to an upcoming book.
“She had watched the news conference, and the look on her face told everyone in the room — from the president on down — that they had some explaining to do,” New York Times reporter Katie Rogers wrote of Jill Biden in “American Woman,” according to Axios, which obtained a copy of the book.
“Why didn’t anyone stop that?” asked the first lady, who is known as the president’s protector.
She also asked aides, “Where was the person who was going to end the press conference?” Rogers wrote.
The reveal of details about Jill Biden questioning aides over stopping a presidential press conference more than two years ago comes the day after special counsel Robert Hur released his report on President Biden’s handling of classified documents, which included several mentions of his poor memory.
Biden has rarely held solo press conferences throughout his presidency.
He has held joint press conferences with foreign leaders and has given remarks and then taken questions from the press, including Thursday evening, when he angrily defended his memory after Hur’s report.
Rogers is set to release “American Woman,” which focuses on modern first ladies, including Jill Biden, on Feb. 27.