Leaked Biden Audio Reveals More Than Just Forgotten Dates and Names [WATCH]

Leaked audio from Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur has surfaced, reigniting scrutiny over Biden’s memory lapses and handling of classified documentsduring his time as vice president.

The audio, obtained by Axios, includes recordings from Hur’s investigation and matches previously released transcripts that highlighted Biden’s struggles to recall basic facts.

The interviews were conducted as part of the Department of Justice’s investigation into Biden’s retention of classified documents. In February 2024, Hur released a final report concluding that criminal charges would not be pursued, citing Biden’s poor memory and describing him as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

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The audio includes several moments in which Biden appeared confused about dates and key personal events.

When asked where he kept papers he was actively working on during 2017 and 2018, Biden referred to his son Beau as either “deployed or is dying.”

Beau Biden passed away in 2015.

In the clip, Biden could be heard pausing and asking, “When did Beau die?”

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One of his attorneys responded, “2015.”

In another exchange, Biden misremembered when President Donald Trump was elected, stating 2017.

He was corrected that the election took place in 2016.

“Why do I have 2017 here?” Biden asked, referring to notes in front of him.

A lawyer explained that 2017 was when Biden left office.

One of the documents in question related to Afghanistan was found at Biden’s Delaware lake house.

When Hur asked about it, Biden initially seemed unsure how the document ended up there.

He later stated, “I guess I wanted to hang on to it for posterity’s sake.”

The recordings also include several instances of long pauses, slurred speech, and responses that veered off-topic, providing additional context that was not fully captured in the transcript alone.

The House Judiciary Committee, which sued then-Attorney General Merrick Garland in July 2023 to obtain the audio, has maintained that the recordings are critical to understanding Biden’s condition and his answers in full.

In court filings, the committee argued that “verbal and nonverbal context” provided by the audio was necessary to evaluate how Biden conducted himself during the interview. The panel insisted the audio was “the best available evidence of how President Biden presented himself during the interview.”

Biden had previously exerted executive privilege over the recordings, delaying their release for over a year.

During that time, the White House faced increasing pressure from lawmakers to make the audio public.

The leak now places renewed attention on the former president’s mental state and the Justice Department’s decision not to press charges.

Hur’s investigation focused on Biden’s unauthorized possession of classified documents pertaining to U.S. military and foreign policy, including sensitive material on Afghanistan.

The documents, some dating back to Biden’s time in the Senate and vice presidency, reportedly contained intelligence involving classified sources and national security methods.

The release of Hur’s report earlier this year drew backlash from Biden, especially over the characterization of his memory.

“I’m well-meaning, and I’m an elderly man, and I know what the hell I’m doing,” Biden said at the time.

“I’ve been president. I put this country back on its feet. I don’t need his recommendation.”

Among the other memory-related issues noted in Hur’s report was Biden asking multiple times during the interview when his term as vice president ended. In one instance, while referencing a notebook from 2009 about Afghanistan, Biden asked, “Was I still vice president? I was, wasn’t I? Yeah.”

The leak of the audio recordings follows Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, which came in July 2024, shortly after a widely criticized debate performance against President Donald Trump in June.

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