Kathrine Frich
Joe Biden unleashes harsh criticism against his successor.
When former presidents leave the White House, they usually turn their energy toward writing their memoirs.
Those pages let retired leaders settle old scores without holding back.
This week, a preview of an upcoming political book dropped some heavy bombshells.
Fury over January 6
In his new presidential memoir, “Promise Me, America,” former US President Joe Biden unleashes harsh criticism against his successor, Donald Trump, according to Wirtualna Polska.
Set to hit bookstores on November 17, the autobiography looks back at Biden’s time in office from 2021 to 2025.
On Monday, The Atlantic published an early excerpt from the 46th president’s book. In that preview, Biden urges Americans to protect democratic institutions and condemns the storming of the US Capitol by Trump’s supporters as an unprecedented assault on democracy.
“What Trump did on January 6, 2021, should never be forgotten. It should haunt him for the rest of his life,” Biden wrote in the excerpt published by The Atlantic.
According to Wirtualna Polska, Biden directly accuses his Republican rival of stirring up the riot to stay in power illegally after losing the vote. He also blasts Trump for pardoning roughly 1,600 people who were charged or convicted over the Capitol attack.
Cancer diagnosis revealed
Not every memory of Trump in the book is purely hostile. Wirtualna Polska reported that Biden also shares a surprising behind-the-scenes moment where Trump privately told him the two men might have been close friends if politics had not stood in the way.
Alongside the book preview, the 83-year-old former leader shared a serious health update on X.
“While working on this book, I was diagnosed with cancer, a disease that millions of Americans and their families are all too familiar with. My doctors have given me a positive assessment of how I am responding to treatment. The prayers, kind words, and well wishes I have received from so many of you mean more to me, Jill, and our entire family than you can imagine,” Biden wrote on X.
Because of his ongoing medical care, Biden told followers on X that he is scaling back his book tour.
“Unfortunately, this means I won’t be able to participate in as many meetings and discussions about my book as I had initially planned. However, I hope that the words written in its pages will speak for themselves,” he added.
