In a striking and unfiltered interview, Hunter Biden has broken his silence over what many have called one of the most pivotal moments in the 2024 US presidential election: Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. Speaking with journalist Andrew Callaghan in an interview released July 21, Hunter offered a surprisingly candid explanation-Ambien.

According to the younger Biden, the now-former president’s poor showing during the June 27 debate was not due to cognitive decline, as many critics had alleged, but rather a combination of exhausting international travel and the use of prescription sleeping pills. “He flew around the world basically,” Hunter explained, describing his father as “tired as s**t” and reliant on Ambien to fall asleep. The result, he said, was a stage presence that resembled “a deer in the headlights.”

This revelation comes too late to change the trajectory of the election, but it raises new questions about how the Biden team managed-or mismanaged-the president’s health, optics, and readiness in the final stretch of his campaign. More importantly, it underscores the fragility of Democratic leadership during one of the most consequential elections in modern US history.

The June 27 debate was a turning point. Joe Biden appeared frail, frequently stumbling over his words, speaking in a hoarse and barely audible tone, and at times seeming lost. Viewers across........

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