{"id":3056,"date":"2025-08-03T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2025-08-03T14:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T14:19:01","slug":"biden-stumbles-through-speech-at-black-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3056","title":{"rendered":"Biden Stumbles Through Speech At Black-Tie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Biden Appears Unsteady at Gala Amid Health Concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Joe Biden, 82, showed signs of confusion and slurred speech at the National Bar Association\u2019s gala Thursday night in Chicago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the\u00a0<em>New York Post<\/em>, \u201cBiden was directed back to his place by others on the dais and slowly slouched into his chair before flashing a smile and pointing finger guns at the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Address Focuses on Civil Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his 20-minute speech, Biden criticized the Trump administration\u2019s treatment of minority communities and said, \u201cThese are dark days\u2026 our future is literally on the line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Health in the Spotlight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden revealed in May that he\u2019s battling Stage 4 prostate cancer. Former White House doctor Ronny Jackson said, \u201cIt could be 12 to 18 months,\u201d though he hopes treatment is effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legacy and Humor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Receiving the NBA\u2019s highest honor, Biden joked, \u201cIt\u2019s hell turning 40 twice,\u201d referencing his age as both the youngest senator and oldest president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Appears Unsteady at Gala Amid Health Concerns Former President Joe Biden, 82, showed signs of confusion and slurred speech at the National Bar Association\u2019s gala Thursday night in Chicago. According to the\u00a0New York Post, \u201cBiden was directed back to his place by others on the dais and slowly slouched into his chair before flashing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3058,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056\/revisions\/3058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}