Read this. This is grief. This is deep, deep grief. If you’ve never experienced it, congratulations, but don’t claim this is cognitive decline. Fuck you.
The audio shows what the transcript lacks — Biden's dry-whisper voice and the long silences as he struggles to speak and remember details.
Those often were supplied by his attorneys, who acted as caretakers of his memory.
There is also a clock in the background as a metronome.
