Joe Biden awkwardly corrects The View hosts about wife Jill’s religion

Former President Joe Biden has acceptable the grounds consecutive connected his wife, Dr. Jill Biden’s, spiritual affiliation.

Appearing connected Thursday’s occurrence of The View, which marked their archetypal associated interrogation since leaving the achromatic house, the brace fielded questions from the hosts astir the bequest of Biden’s administration, the downfall of his 2024 statesmanlike campaign, and interest about his alleged cognitive decline.

At 1 point, portion speaking astir Pope Francis’s caller ceremonial that the mates attended, big Whoopi Goldberg accidentally referred to them some arsenic “devout Catholics.”

Joe past stepped successful to close Goldberg, saying that “by the way, Jill’s a Presbyterian,” earlier it was rapidly noted that “the pope is the pope for each people.”

Jill has antecedently spoken astir the communal misconception, telling Baptist News Global in 2022: “People deliberation I’m Catholic similar Joe, but I grew up Presbyterian.”

Though she identifies arsenic Presbyterian — a subdivision of Reformed Christianity — Jill regularly attends wide with Joe.

Elsewhere during their appearance, Joe addressed reports that person questioned the “dramatic diminution successful [his] cognitive abilities” during the last twelvemonth of his presidency, insisting: “They are wrong.”

“The radical who wrote those books were not successful the White House with us. And they didn’t spot however hard Joe worked each azygous day,” Jill added. “If you look astatine things today, springiness maine Joe Biden immoderate time.”

Jill besides responded to accusations that she built a “cocoon” astir Joe, limiting his interactions with the media and others.

“Do you deliberation you could’ve been excessively adjacent to the concern to objectively gauge whether helium could grip a afloat 4 much years?” big Sara Haines wondered.

“I was with Joe time and night. I saw him much than immoderate different person. I woke up with him, I went to furniture astatine nighttime with him, truthful I saw him each passim the day,” Jill said. “And I did not make a cocoon astir him. I mean, you saw him successful the Oval Office, you saw him making speeches. He wasn’t hiding somewhere, I didn’t person him sequestered successful immoderate place. I mean that’s ridiculous!”

“I privation she had,” Joe interjected, causing the hosts and assemblage to laugh.

Host Ana Navarro went connected to inquire Jill about the earlier comparisons made astir her and Lady Macbeth that the blimpish media ran chaotic with earlier the election, to which the erstwhile First Lady said that those descriptions were so “hurtful.”

“It was precise hurtful, particularly from immoderate of our alleged friends,” she said.