Turns out Sleepy Joe wasn’t just napping through that trainwreck of a debate last year—someone slipped him a little something to knock him out cold.
In an explosive interview released Monday, marking the anniversary of his father’s exit from the 2024 presidential race, scandal-plagued Hunter Biden, 55, dropped a stunning revelation.
Speaking with YouTube personality Andrew Callaghan, Hunter claimed his father’s disastrous June 27, 2024, debate performance against Donald Trump was exacerbated by the sleep aid Ambien.

"He flew around the world. He’s 81 years old. He’s tired as shit. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep, and he gets up on the stage and looks like a deer in the headlights,” Hunter said, suggesting the drug contributed to the widely criticized performance.
Hunter Biden suggests his father was drugged up before the infamous CNN debate: "He flew around the world. He's 81 years old. He's tired. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep and he gets up on the stage and looks like a deer in the headlights." pic.twitter.com/if6rmmuTMP
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The elder Biden, who ended his re-election bid on this date last year, arrived late to inspect the CNN debate stage last summer, after spending hours secluded at a nearby hotel.
His mouth hung agape, and he bizarrely claimed, "I finally beat Medicare," sparking a Democratic revolt.
Hunter recounted the party pressure, noting, "They said, 'We are going to blow up the party if you don’t drop out,' 'we’re going to protest this all the way up for the next month, all the way up to the convention.'"
Hunter Biden defends his father's record and says he shouldn't have dropped out of the race: "He got 81 million votes. The intelligentsia of the Democrat party said Joe Biden should consider not running again because he was too old." pic.twitter.com/Efegn3z6Wn
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Medical records and the February 28, 2024, memo from then-White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor, which listed six medications but omitted Ambien, raise questions about disclosure.
The FDA warns of increased drowsiness risks for those over 70, a demographic that processes the drug more slowly.

Dr. O’Connor, a close confidant, refused to answer House committee questions this month, invoking his Fifth Amendment rights, amid bipartisan criticism over a late-stage prostate cancer diagnosis in May 2024.
Post-debate, Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on July 17, 2024, further derailing his campaign.
Hunter defended his father’s exit, saying, "So Joe Biden, I think, did the most selfless thing that I know of any politician in the history of this f—ing country. He stepped aside to save the party."
During the 3-hour and 16-minute sitdown with Callaghan, the former first son also lashed out at figures like George Clooney, who urged Biden’s withdrawal in a July 10, 2024, New York Times op-ed.
"F— him and everybody around him, I don’t have to be f—ing nice," Hunter raged, accusing Clooney of fabricating a story about Biden not recognizing him at a June fundraiser.

The fallout forced Biden to endorse Kamala Harris, who became the Democratic nominee after his July 21, 2024, dropout announcement.
Biden's presidency wasn’t just old age—it was a pharmaceutically induced flop.
Looks like the Democrat machine pumped him full of Ambien and hoped nobody would notice.
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