Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain revealed Thursday that former President Joe Biden wasn’t seen as “politically viable” by either his national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, or by ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during his final year in office, a source told The Post.
Klain — a member of a purported “Politburo” that made high-level decisions as Biden grew less clear-headed during his term — made the stunning admissions to the House Oversight Committee in response to accusations that senior aides shielded the 46th president’s physical and mental infirmity.
In the sitdown, Klain denied that Biden, now 82, lacked the cognitive acuity to govern or that he was too old to run for re-election in 2024, according to a source familiar with his remarks.
But the longtime adviser admitted his boss was “less energetic,” had a poorer memory and frequently mixed up names — a problem that worsened with time, the source added.
Sullivan confided to Klain that Biden was also “less effective” in 2024 than in 2022, the source noted.
Elsewhere in his interview, Klain divulged that he’d donated $5,000 for then-first son Hunter Biden’s legal defense fund at the behest of attorney Abbe Lowell, who repped the younger Biden.
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