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Elizabeth Frantz/ReutersJoe Biden’s first interview since his disastrous debate was released Thursday–an almost 14–minute radio session with a Black Philadelphia station.As the 81-year-old opened his time with WURD’s Andrea Lawful-Sanders, he brushed aside his performance against Donald Trump saying “I had a bad debate,” and moved quickly on to a laundry list of what he and his administration see as achievements focused on the Black community.Lawful-Sanders did not ask him directly if he plans to drop out and while the president sounded hoarse and at times had minor verbal stumbles, the White House is likely to be relieved at the overall performance.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesJoe Biden’s wife and son are among the loudest voices telling him to stay in the race, a new report from NBC News has claimed.Hunter Biden, who was with his father in the White House Wednesday afternoon, and First Lady Jill Biden have both urged him both to stay on and to fire his staff, the network claimed.They are said to have pointed fingers specifically at Anita Dunn, the president’s White House adviser, and her husband, Bob Bauer, his personal attorney. Bauer played Donald Trump in the days of debate preparation at Camp David which preceded Biden’s disastrous performance against the Republican candidate last week in Atlanta, Georgia.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Elizabeth Frantz/ReutersJoe Biden’s “extended” interview with George Stephanopolous, intended to jumpstart a comeback for the embattled president, will last as little as 15 minutes, the Daily Beast has learned.The ABC News anchor will travel to Wisconsin Friday to speak to Biden as he conducts two hastily arranged campaign stops in the critical swing stage. ABC announced Wednesday night that parts of the taped interview would air first on Friday’s edition of World News Tonight and be followed by an 8 p.m. primetime special, where it would take the place of Jeopardy! Masters. It will air again in full on This Week on Sunday.But the Beast has learned that behind the scenes there is deep concern inside ABC News’ upper echelons that Stephanopolous could get as little as 15 minutes to conduct what should be a searching interview offering insight into the president’s mental state. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty ImagesJamie Foxx has offered the first extended insight into a mystery health condition which hospitalized him for weeks last year.The actor was caught by an X user explaining some of what had happened to him–although he stopped short of saying what the condition was.Foxx, 56, spent time in an Atlanta hospital after suffering a health episode on April 11 last year. He was then treated at a physical rehabilitation center in Chicago, according to TMZ, but has since appeared to make a full recovery.Read more at The Daily Beast.

GettyGretchen Whitmer, the Michigan governor seen as one of the Democrats’ best prospects to replace Joe Biden, has ruled out running, Politico reported Monday.But the swing state leader delivered a damning message to the campaign aide whom she called, the outlet’s Jonathan Martin reported, saying that the president’s debate performance will cost him Michigan.Whitmer called the campaign chair, Jen O’Malley Dillon Friday, after a day of frenzied speculation that she would be a frontrunner if Biden could be persuaded to quit. The second-term swing state governor, however, told O’Malley Dillon that she “hated” her name being floated and that she was loyal to the president.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesJoe Biden’s family told him Sunday to fight on after his disastrous debate performance in a verdict delivered at a Camp David gathering for an Annie Leibovitz photoshoot.The president’s wife, children and grandchildren were at the presidential retreat as a new poll showed three out of four voters do not believe the 81-year-old should seek a second term in the wake of Thursday night’s mumbling, stumbling performance.But instead of counseling the president to announce that he would not seek a second term, the Bidens blamed his staff for failing to prepare him to take on Donald Trump, The New York Times reported.Read more at The Daily Beast.