Jill Biden was confirmed as.. accused of ‘Elder Abuse’
Former First Lady Jill Biden has recently faced serious allegations of “elder abuse” from various public figures, following the revelation of her husband, President Joe Biden’s advanced prostate cancer diagnosis.
Allegations and Accusations
- Sally Quinn, a veteran Washington journalist and socialite, accused Jill Biden of “elder abuse” for encouraging President Biden to run for re-election despite his apparent cognitive decline. Quinn criticized Jill Biden for not protecting her husband and for supporting his campaign after a poorly received June 2024 debate, which raised concerns about his fitness for office. She also expressed shock at the late-stage cancer diagnosis, questioning how it went undetected given the standard of healthcare available to the president.
- Leo Terrell, a senior counselor within the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Office, suggested that Jill Biden should face criminal charges for elder abuse. He claimed that she was aware of President Biden’s health issues and still insisted that he continue his bid for the 2024 election, implying negligence or misconduct on her part concerning his health.
- Dr. Elaine Healy, a geriatric physician, filed a referral with Delaware’s Adult Protective Services, alleging that President Biden may be a victim of elder abuse. She cited his advanced prostate cancer, evidence of cognitive decline, and recent revelations as indicators of abuse by trusted individuals, including Jill Biden. Healy accused them of exploiting Biden’s dependency for political and personal gain, potentially violating their ethical and professional duties.
Public Response and Media Coverage
These allegations have stirred significant controversy and debate. Critics argue that Jill Biden’s support for her husband’s campaign, despite his health issues, was detrimental to his well-being and the public’s trust. However, there has been no official comment from Jill Biden or the Biden administration regarding these accusations.
Sally Quinn, a D.C. insider and longtime columnist for The Washington Post, took aim at the former first lady during a wide-ranging interview with journalist Tara Palmeri on the “Tara Palmeri Show” on Wednesday. She accused Jill Biden of pushing him to run for re-election despite his apparent cognitive decline.
“I blame Jill Biden for this. Jill Biden is his wife. And if Jill Biden had stood up and gone to him and said, ‘Joe, you can’t do it’… He wouldn’t have run,” Quinn told Palmeri. “She clearly was in favor of his running and I just think it was a terrible disservice to the country.”
Quinn described feeling aghast by how Jill Biden continued to push ahead and rally support for her husband’s presidential campaign immediately after the “hideous” June 2024 presidential debate, which sparked debate over whether Biden was fit to serve another four years.
“She wasn’t protecting him… I thought it was elder abuse, really,” Quinn declared.
Quinn, who has dined with the Washington establishment for decades, said Biden’s apparent worsening health was an open secret among the Washington elite, who were worried about Biden’s ability to handle another four years in the Oval Office.
“Everybody thought he shouldn’t run,” she told Palmeri.
“People were just distraught that he was running and terrible for the party.”
“I think everybody was horrified that he was put in a position where he was allowed to run, by his staff and by his wife,” she continued.
“People felt sorry for him. But still it was his egotistical decision to stay in office and look what happened.”
The journalist was famously married to Watergate-era Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, who suffered from dementia until his death in 2014.
She said Biden’s forgetfulness and habit of wandering off reminded her of how her late husband acted during his last years of life.
“It looks like the beginning of dementia to me,” she said of Biden.
The D.C. insider said she was shocked to learn, alongside the rest of the country, of Biden’s late-stage cancer diagnosis and wondered how it could not have been caught sooner.
“The president of the United States has the best medical care in the world, or should, and it should’ve been diagnosed a long time ago,” she said.
“It’s hard for me not to believe that they didn’t know about it and were waiting to reveal it until it got too aggressive.”
A Biden spokesperson confirmed to Fox News that the former president’s last known prostate cancer screening test was in 2014.