Transcript Confirms It Was Biden, Not the Special Counsel, Who Brought Up His Son’s Death

The transcript from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden is confirming a key detail of his report.

On Tuesday, the transcript from the president’s interview was released and it showed that it was Biden who brought up his son’s death — not the special counsel.

In the interview Hur asked the Biden about “documents relating to the Penn Biden Center, or the Biden Institute, or the Cancer Moonshot, or your book” and where he kept the papers “related to those things that you were actively working on.”

“Well, um… I, I, I, I, I don’t know. This is, what 2017, 2018, that area?” Biden responded.

When Hur confirmed that was the correct time, the president said, “Remember, in this time frame, my son is — either been deployed or is dying, and, and so it was — and by the way, there were still a lot of people at the time when I got out of the Senate that were encouraging me to run in this period — except the President.”

Biden went on, apparently referring to his decision not to run in 2016, as he noted the death of his son, Beau Biden, and asked, “What month die Beau die? Oh, God, May 30th.”

A White House lawyer added, “2015.”

“Was it 2015 he had died? Biden asked.

Another person added, “May 2015.”

CBS News notes throughout the interview, “ also misstates the year former President Donald Trump was elected and questions which year his own vice presidency ended. Mr. Biden is quickly corrected by attorneys in the room. Throughout the interview, Mr. Biden appears to be reaching for words he cannot find. Twice, the phrase ‘fax machine’ eludes him, and he confuses Iraq and Afghanistan for Iran.”