Former US first lady Jill Biden gave an interview to podcast host Jamie Kern Lima in which she was pressed on whether doctors had ruled out Joe Biden suffering a stroke on the night of his disastrous June 2024 debate against Donald Trump. Rather than firmly rejecting the suggestion, she reportedly entertained the possibility that her husband might have been drugged before the debate, fuelling further scrutiny of the Biden campaign's handling of his health and fitness for office during that period.

The debate, held in June 2024, saw Joe Biden deliver a widely criticised performance marked by a hoarse voice and halting answers, which intensified doubts about his capacity to serve a second term and ultimately contributed to his withdrawal from the presidential race. The Fox News report does not detail what specific evidence, if any, underpins the drugging theory, and it remains unclear what medical assessments were carried out on Biden around that time.