WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) – Former first lady Jill Biden revealed she feared her husband, then-President Joe Biden, was suffering a stroke during his disastrous June 2024 debate performance against Donald Trump, saying she had “never ever seen Joe like that before.”

“I was frightened… I thought, ‘Oh my G-d, he’s having a stroke,'” Biden told CBS News’ “Sunday Morning” in excerpts released Wednesday. “It scared me to death.”

The comments come nearly two years after Biden’s halting, raspy performance in the June 27, 2024, CNN debate, which triggered widespread concern and ultimately led him to drop out of the reelection race a month later.

Despite her private alarm that night, Jill Biden publicly told her husband he had done “great” at a post-debate rally, drawing sharp criticism from conservatives who accused the campaign of misleading the public.

The full interview airs Sunday. Neither Joe Biden nor representatives for the former president immediately responded to requests for comment.