Bill Clinton denies Biden suffered decline, claims he was 'in good shape' before stepping down

Former President Bill Clinton insisted in an interview airing Sunday that former President Joe Biden was in good shape and he never saw him in cognitive decline in office While promoting his new book The First Gentleman Clinton was requested by CBS Sunday Morning anchor Tracy Smith to comment on statements made in the book Original Sin President Biden's Decline Its Cover-Up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by Axios Alex Thompson and CNN s Jake Tapper Throughout Original Sin Thompson and Tapper wrote there were ongoing efforts by the Biden administration to cover up signs of mental and physical decline by shielding him from the population and misleading political allies DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST JAMES CARVILLE SAYS OBAMA BILL CLINTON SHOULD LEAD DISCUSSION ON BIDEN REPLACEMENT Did you ever have a moment with him where you thought maybe he was unfit to run for president Smith required No I thought he was a good president Clinton announced The only concern I thought he had to deal with was could anybody do that job until they were And we d had several long talks I had never seen him and walked away thinking he can t do this anymore He was unfailingly on top of his brief You never saw any cognitive decline Smith solicited I didn t know anything about any of this And I haven t read the book I saw President Biden not very long ago and I thought he was in good shape But the book didn t register with me because I never saw him that way Clinton answered When pressed about why he didn t read the book Clinton remarked that Biden wasn t the president anymore and that he already thought he did a good job Clinton also claimed the book was being used as a way to blame him for the fact that Donald Trump was reelected CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThough Clinton spoke highly of Biden s job as president during the interview he and his wife former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among specific of the earliest Democratic figures to endorse then-Vice President Kamala Harris for president just hours after Biden dropped out of the race Since Original Sin was published last month the Democratic Party and the mainstream media have been getting renewed criticism for allegedly downplaying or covering up Biden s shortcomings until his first debate with President Trump last year CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPClinton is four years Biden's junior He took office in as one of the nation's youngest-ever presidents at age while Biden was when his presidency began in