If you want to understand just how deep the rot goes in Washington’s elite ruling class, look no further than Hunter Biden’s latest confession. In a jaw-dropping interview, the president’s scandal-plagued son admitted that Joe Biden was given Ambien—the powerful sedative used for sleep—right before his disastrous debate against Donald Trump last summer. That debate, of course, was the final nail in the coffin of Biden’s failing campaign. And now, we’re learning that the man who held the nuclear codes may have been under the effects of cognitive-impairing drugs during key moments of his presidency.
That’s not just a personal embarrassment. That’s a national scandal.
Let’s be clear: Ambien isn’t some harmless sleeping pill. It’s a sedative-hypnotic drug known to cause memory loss, confusion, sleepwalking, and serious cognitive impairment—effects that can linger well after you’ve woken up. And Hunter Biden—yes, *that* Hunter—just casually dropped the bombshell that his 81-year-old father took this drug before stepping onto the national stage to reassure the American people he was fit to lead. Instead, we got a stammering, blank-faced husk of a man who couldn’t finish a sentence, much less run a country.
“I’ll tell you what. I know exactly what happened in that debate,” Hunter said in a bizarre three-hour YouTube interview. “He’s 81 years old. He’s tired as s***. They gave him Ambien to be able to sleep. He gets up on the stage, and he looks like he’s a deer in the headlights.”
Hunter Biden appears to suggest President Joe Biden had been given Ambien before the debate last year and ended up looking like a "deer in the headlights."
There are no public records that indicate Biden was prescribed Ambien. pic.twitter.com/Xp1EL076gw
— Rusty (@Rusty_Weiss) July 21, 2025
That’s not just a son trying to protect his father. That’s a direct admission that Joe Biden’s handlers—his White House staff, his campaign team, maybe even his own family—were pumping him full of sedatives and trotting him out in front of the cameras like everything was fine. And now we’re supposed to believe this wasn’t a cover-up?
Let’s not forget: Ambien was *never* listed in any of Joe Biden’s official medical disclosures. His doctor’s public report included other medications, but not this one. So either the president’s medical team lied to the American people, or the president was taking unlisted drugs behind closed doors. Either way, it stinks of deception.
And it gets worse. Just this month, Biden’s former doctor—Dr. Kevin O’Connor—pleaded the Fifth when called to testify before the House Oversight Committee about Biden’s cognitive health. That’s the same doctor who signed off on Biden’s fitness for office. A few days later, a top aide to Jill Biden also invoked the Fifth Amendment rather than answer questions about what the White House knew and when they knew it.
If everything was above board, why the silence? Why the legal stonewalling? Why the secrecy?
Let’s call this what it is: a cover-up of a compromised presidency. Joe Biden was not mentally or physically fit to serve during his final months in office, and the people around him knew it. They lied to the American people, hid his condition, and propped him up like a puppet while unelected handlers ran the show behind the scenes.
And the consequences weren’t just political—they were constitutional. Every executive action Biden signed, every decision he made, every policy he pushed during that period is now under a cloud of illegitimacy. If he was mentally impaired—if he was drugged, sedated, or simply declining—then who was really running the country? Who was making the calls? The American people deserve answers.
Hunter Biden’s reckless behavior and corruption have long been a stain on the Biden family. But this latest revelation isn’t just about Hunter. It’s about Joe. It’s about a presidency that was sold to the American people as “returning to normalcy,” when in reality, it was a carefully managed illusion propped up by pharmaceuticals and media complicity.
Now, with President Trump back in the White House, we’re finally seeing the truth come to light. But the damage done during Biden’s twilight years in office will take years to fully unravel. The American people were lied to. The system failed. And the elites responsible need to be held accountable—no matter how high up the chain it goes.