Then-President Biden struggled to recall dates during a special counsel interview in 2023, leading to questions about his decline in office and the possibility of releasing the interview tapes.

Newly released audio of a special counsel interviewing then-President Biden confirms memory lapses that White House officials denied at the time, including a president clearly struggling to remember the year his oldest son died.

Republicans have demanded that the government release the recording of the 2023 interview, arguing that it might offer evidence of a decline in Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s mental acuity.