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Former first lady Jill Biden sat down with “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg in June to promote her memoir, “A View from the East Wing,” and to discuss her life, politics, and media. Biden was asked about how the press covered her husband’s presidential term, and she didn’t hold back.
Goldberg, who moderated the 92nd Street Y event in New York City last month, asked whether the former first lady believes the press covered former President Joe Biden’s four years in office fairly.
Hesitating in her response, Jill Biden said, “You know, I think probably, well, I mean, seeing how things are now, I don’t know. I don’t know. I’d have to think about that.”
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Whoopi Goldberg and Dr. Jill Biden attend Jill Biden In Conversation With Whoopi Goldberg: View From The East Wing at 92NY on June 2, 2026, in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
The former first lady went on to suggest that her husband’s administration could have done more to form stronger relationships with the media.
“But, you know, maybe we could have done more to reach out to the press to be more open so that they understood us as real people and not sort of these figureheads. That’s one thing I do regret, that maybe we could have formed closer relationships.”
Biden went on to suggest that there was a “double standard” between coverage of the Biden administration and the current Trump administration.
“You know, if Joe would have done any one of the things that are occurring now, I mean he would have been excoriated,” she said.
Goldberg said while chuckling, “Oh yeah.”
The former first lady continued, “But, you know, it’s just there — it’s like there’s a double standard. And that I don’t think is fair or was fair.”
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Whoopi Goldberg asked former first lady Jill Biden whether she thought media coverage of former President Joe Biden’s administration was fair. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Biden also pushed back on Democratic critics of her memoir who have said the book needlessly dredged up controversies from the 2024 election.
During a Washington, D.C., book event in early June, Biden was asked specifically about comments from former Biden White House spokesman Andrew Bates, who said of her book, “I don’t see why that painful conversation for the party needed to be publicly reopened right now,” according to the New York Post.
“I want to say to Andrew: Call me up, and say it to my face, buddy,” Biden responded, arguing that her book had only “one chapter on politics.”
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Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
