Joe Biden appears to discuss sensitive information on tape with ghostwriter
Audio recordings from 2016 and 2017 have surfaced in which Joe Biden discusses possessing notes and potentially sensitive information with a ghostwriter. Conservative groups are using the tapes to raise questions about his cognitive state and handling of classified materials during his time as vice president.
Why it matters
The release of these recordings fuels ongoing political debates regarding the handling of classified documents by high-level officials and the fitness of political leaders.
President Joe Biden speaks at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, on 19 January 2025. President Joe Biden speaks at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, on 19 January 2025. Joe Biden Joe Biden appears to discuss sensitive information on tape with ghostwriter In recordings made in 2016 and 2017 former president also appears to describe possessing classified information
Prefer the Guardian on Google Former US president Joe Biden appeared to discuss sensitive information and describe possessing classified documents in audio recordings released on Monday by the Oversight Project, a conservative activist group.
The heavily redacted transcripts and recordings were made in 2016 and 2017, while Biden was working with a ghostwriter on his 2017 memoir, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose. No classified material was ever alleged to have appeared in the book.
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