A rapidly aging Joe Biden couldn’t even recognize George Clooney at a Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles during his 2024 campaign — leaving the Hollywood star “shaken to his core,” a bombshell new book claims.
The troubling incident, which unfolded at a star-studded fundraiser in June 2024, was laid bare in the forthcoming book “Original Sin” by Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper about the attempt to cover up Biden’s decline while in office.
“It was obvious to many standing there that the president did not know who George Clooney was,” the authors wrote, according to an excerpt obtained by The Post.
“Clooney was shaken to his core. The president hadn’t recognized him. A man he had known for years.”
The incident unfolded just weeks before the A-lister, who co-hosted the fundraiser that ended up raising some $30 million, publicly called for the then-commander-in-chief to drop out of the race.
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