Hillary Clinton Calls Biden 2024 Run a Terrible Mistake

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has publicly criticized former President Joe Biden's decision to seek reelection in 2024, calling it a "terrible mistake" that she believes cost Democrats the election and returned Donald Trump to the White House. Clinton made the remarks during an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick that aired on Monday, June 15, 2026.

Clinton stated that Biden's choice to run again damaged his own legacy and harmed the country. She argued that had Biden adhered to an earlier suggestion that he would not seek a second term and stepped aside in the late summer of 2023, the Democratic Party could have held a competitive primary. She believes any candidate emerging from that process would have defeated Trump. "We would have had a real contest," Clinton said. "And very sadly, I believe whoever emerged from that contest, whether it was the vice president or a governor or a senator or anybody else, would have beaten Donald Trump. So I think it was a terrible miscalculation on the part of President Biden."

The 2024 campaign was marked by mounting concerns about Biden's age and fitness for office, which intensified after a widely criticized debate...