Axios has released an audio recording of Biden's testimony in the secret documents case.

An audio recording of Joe Biden's conversation with special prosecutor Robert Hera, who was investigating the case of improper storage of classified documents by the former head of the White House, reveals the true scale of the cognitive gaps of the former American leader. This was reported on May 17 by Axios.

The portal has an entry from October 2023 at its disposal. During the conversation, Biden could not independently recall the date of his son Beau's death and the year of Donald Trump's election as president.

"I don't remember <...> And I shouldn't speculate, right?" Biden said in response to Dick's question about where he kept secret documents.

In his report, Her described Biden as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory" and concluded that "it would be difficult to convince a jury to convict the former president, who is well over 80, of a serious crime."

Despite the obvious memory problems, Biden remained engaged in the conversation, often straying into extraneous topics—from his Corvette car to Gutenberg's printing press.

"The transcripts were released by the Biden administration more than a year ago. The audio recording only confirms what is already publicly available," Biden's spokeswoman Kelly Scully said, commenting on the audio recordings.

However, the audio demonstrates something that you won't notice in the transcript: the quiet hoarse voice of the ex-president, the long pauses he makes trying to remember names or dates, as well as hints from his lawyers, who simultaneously play the role of "memory keepers" of the politician.

In an interview with ABC News on May 9, Biden categorically rejected rumors about a weakening of his cognitive abilities. He recalled that during his entire presidential term, he was beset by many problems, starting with COVID-19.

On May 13, The New York Post (NYP) reported that Biden was already in the middle of his term forgetting the names of assistants he had worked with for many years. On the same day, Axios reported that former US President Joe Biden's aides discussed the possibility of using a wheelchair for a politician in the event of his victory in the November 2024 elections.

82-year-old former President Joe Biden is the oldest president in the history of the United States, and his state of health has regularly become a cause for discussion and concern among citizens. The American leader's strange behavior and frequent mistakes made many Americans question his mental health.