Administration officials suggested that some of the assertions regarding Biden’s memory challenges may lack accuracy.

Joe Biden struggled to recall the year of his son Beau’s death and the specific years of his vice presidency during interviews with investigators.

These details, highlighting “limitations in his recall,” were included in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 388-page report released on Thursday.

The report addressed the presence of classified documents in Biden’s Penn Biden Center office and Wilmington home but did not recommend charges.

White House officials raised concerns about Hur, a Republican and former Trump appointee, suggesting he had overstepped boundaries.

They hinted that certain observations in the report might be inaccurate, Time Magazine reported.

Following this, Biden held an unusual evening press conference at the White House to vehemently challenge Hur’s portrayals of his mental sharpness.

Biden particularly objected to the claim that he had forgotten the timing of Beau’s death, stating, “How in the hell dare he raise that.”

Peter Doocy of Fox News, asked Biden to respond to the report’s description of him as “a well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

“I’m well meaning and I’m an elderly man and I know what I’m doing. I’ve been President, I put this country back on his feet,” Biden said. He then joked to Doocy: “My memory is so bad, I let you speak.”

“My memory is fine,” Biden went on. “Take a look at what I’ve done since I’ve become President. None of you thought I could pass any of the things I got passed. How’d that happen? I guess I just forgot what was going on.”

However, a few minutes later, Biden contradicted those assurances when responding to a question about a ceasefire in Gaza. He mistakenly mentioned “Mexico” instead of “Egypt” when referring to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

Biden’s impromptu press conference marked the end of a noteworthy few hours at the White House following the release of the report.

While there was relief in Biden’s inner circle that a criminal case would not proceed, the special counsel’s descriptions fueled existing concerns about Biden’s memory.

The rapid response from the White House on Thursday evening served as a reminder of the high political stakes, with both Biden’s and former President Donald Trump’s campaigns having previously raised questions about each other’s mental acuity.

Written by B.C. Begley