For context, in a clip that was originally shared on May 15, 2024, Joe Biden challenged President Trump to a debate, saying that Trump previously “lost two debates” to him leading up to the 2020 election. However, the video, which amassed over 50 million views since being uploaded, was later roasted by conservative commentator Benny Johnson, who described it as “top 10 cringe” in a post shared on the one-year anniversary of the original upload.
In the clip, Biden stared directly into the camera and said that President Trump “lost two debates to me in 2020, and since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate.” He added, “Now, he’s acting like he wants to debate me again.” Biden, evidently attempting to act tough, said, “Well, make my day, pal. I’ll even do it twice.”
Continuing, Biden said that he was ready to “pick the dates,” adding, “I hear you’re free on Wednesdays,” which was a nod to the hush money trial President Trump was undergoing at the time, as Wednesday was the only weekday when there was no court hearing held.
In addition, the now-defunct “shop” page on joebiden.com reportedly began selling “Free on Wednesdays” t-shirts after the video was released, which, according to press accounts, were $32 each. The description of the T-shirts on the Biden website read, “Trump’s acting like he wants to debate the President. We hear he’s free on Wednesdays. Let’s do it!”
When Benny Johnson shared the clip of Biden on X on May 15, 2025, he simply wrote, “One year ago, today. Still top 10 cringe.” In response, conservatives expressed outrage at the fact that Biden was president at all, with The Undercurrent replying, “One year later and it still feels like an outtake from a dementia PSA. The fact that this man ran the country at all should be in the Smithsonian….. under ‘What Not to Do.’”
Furthermore, the video resurfaced just days before Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, leading several doctors to reportedly describe it as “inconceivable” that the former president was not diagnosed sooner. According to coverage from The New York Post, Dr. Howard Fromman said of the late diagnosis, “It is inconceivable that this was not being followed before he left the Presidency.”
In addition to Dr. Fromman, Dr. Steven Quay reportedly had similar concerns about how late the diagnosis was revealed to the public, saying, “The PSA blood test shows the rate of cancer cell growth. For even with the most aggressive form, it is a 5-7 year journey without treatment before it becomes metastatic.” He added, “It would be malpractice for this patient to show up and be first diagnosed with metastatic disease in May 2025.”
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The revelation that Biden has cancer came shortly after speculation began about a so-called “coverup” of the former president’s decline. The suspicions heightened after the release of Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book Original Sin, in which an anonymous source said, “It was an abomination … He stole an election from the Democratic Party. He stole it from the American people.”
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Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video